Meanings
plural praxes · plural praxises
- countableuncountablebroadcastingThe deliberate action of a rational being.
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe synthesis of theory and practice, without presuming the primacy of either.
[…] in the particular case of the proletarian consciousness, the social process and awareness of that process became one and the same, and knowledge of society coincided with the revolutionary praxis that transformed it.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 101 - countableuncountableCustom or established practice.
- countableuncountableAn example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice.
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Origin
- Ancient Greekπρᾶξις“action, activity, practice”
- Latinprāxis
- Englishpraxis
Partly from Latin prāxis and partly from its etymon Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action, activity, practice”).
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Bulgarian практика, обичай
- практика (praktika)practical application of learning
- обичай (običaj)custom or established practice
Catalan praxi
- praxipractical application of learning
Chinese Mandarin 實踐 /实践
- 實踐 /实践 (shíjiàn)philosophy: synthesis of theory and practice
Czech praxe, praxe
- praxepractical application of learning
- praxecustom or established practice
Danish praksis
- praksiscustom or established practice
Finnish käytäntö, ihmistoiminta
- käytäntöpractical application of learning
- ihmistoimintadrama: deliberate action of a rational being
- praksisdrama: deliberate action of a rational being
- praksisphilosophy: synthesis of theory and practice
- käytäntöcustom or established practice
- harjoitusexample or form of exercise for practice
- harjoiteexample or form of exercise for practice
French praxis, habitude
- praxispractical application of learning
- habitudecustom or established practice
Hungarian praxis
- praxispractical application of learning
Portuguese práxis, práxis
- práxispractical application of learning
- práxisphilosophy: synthesis of theory and practice
- praxecustom or established practice
Russian обычай, устоявшаяся практика
- обычай (obyčaj)custom or established practice
- устоявшаяся практика (ustojavšajasja praktika)custom or established practice
Spanish praxis
- praxispractical application of learning
Rhymes & wordplay
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praxis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/praxis
“praxis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/praxis. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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