# praxis
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɹæk.sɪs/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -æksɪs
* Hyphenation: prax‧is

### Noun

praxis (countable and uncountable, plural praxes or praxises)
* The practical application of any branch of learning.
* (drama) The deliberate action of a rational being.
* (philosophy) The synthesis of theory and practice, without presuming the primacy of either.
* Custom or established practice.
* An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice.

#### Derived terms

* cacopraxis
* eupraxis
* heteropraxis
* orthopraxis
* parapraxis

#### Related terms

* praxeology
* praxic

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ “praxis, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2007.

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρᾶξῐς (prâxĭs).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpraːk.sis/, [ˈpräːks̠ɪs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈprak.sis/, [ˈpräksis]

### Noun

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

#### Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem), singular only.
$^1$Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

#### Descendants

* Italian: prassi

### References

* "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)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis).

### Noun

praxis f (uncountable)
* praxis

#### Declension

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## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɾaɡsis/ [ˈpɾaɣ̞.sis]
* Rhymes: -aɡsis
* Syllabification: pra‧xis

### Noun

praxis f (plural praxis)
* praxis

#### Related terms

* mala praxis

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /¹praksɪs/, [ˈpʰrakːsɪs]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

praxis c
* practice, custom, the usual way to do things
    teori och praxis ― theory and practice
* 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.

#### See also

* praktik
* rättsfall

### References

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