praxis

Partly from Latin prāxis and partly from its etymon Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action, activity, practice”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹæk.sɪs/

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• Rhymes: -æksɪs
• Hyphenation: prax‧is

praxis (countable and uncountable, plural praxes or praxises)

1. The practical application of any branch of learning.
2. (drama) The deliberate action of a rational being.
3. (philosophy) The synthesis of theory and practice, without presuming the primacy of either.
4. Custom or established practice.
5. An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρᾶξῐς (prâxĭs).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpraːk.sɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprak.sis]

prāxis f sg (genitive prāxis or prāxeōs or prāxios); third declension

1. proof, demonstration
   • (Can we date this quote?), Petronius (Titus or Gajus Petronius Arbiter). In: Petronii satirae et liber priapeorum, edited by Franciscus Buecheler, Berlin, 1871, p. 24:

     nam mihi nihil novi potest afferri, sicut ille fericulus iam habuit praxim.

     fericulusta mel habuit

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem), singular only.

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

• Italian: prassi

• "PRAXIM", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• praxis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,234/1.
• “praxis” on page 1,451/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis).

praxis n (uncountable)

1. praxis

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾaɡsis/ [ˈpɾaɣ̞.sis]
• Rhymes: -aɡsis
• Syllabification: pra‧xis

praxis f (plural praxis)

1. praxis

• “praxis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• IPA^(key): /¹praksɪs/, [ˈpʰrakːsɪs]

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praxis c

1. practice, custom, the usual way to do things

   teori och praxis ― theory and practice

2. case law, previous court decisions as a base for legal judgement

   Hovrättens dom strider mot Europadomstolens praxis. ― The verdict of the court of appeal is in conflict with the practice of the European Court of Human Rights.

• praktik
• rättsfall

• praxis in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• praxis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• praxis in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)