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| Main Entry: | custom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ritual, traditional action |
| Synonyms: | attitude, canon, ceremony, character, convention, conventionalism, customariness, design, dictates, established way, etiquette, fashion, folkways, form, formality, inheritence, manner, matter of course, method, mode, mold, mores, observance, observation, pattern, performance, policy, practice, praxis, precedent, precept, rite, routine, rule, second nature, style, system, taste, type, unwritten law, unwritten rule, usage, use, vogue, way |
| Antonyms: | departure, deviation |
| Main Entry: | habit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tendency, practice |
| Synonyms: | addiction, assuetude, bent, bias, constitution, consuetude, convention, custom, dependence, disposition, fashion, fixation, fixed attitude, frame of mind, gravitation, groove, habitude, hangup, impulsion, inclination, make-up, manner, mannerism, mode, nature, obsession, pattern, penchant, persuasion, praxis, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, quirk, routine, rule, rut, second nature, set, style, susceptibility, thing*, turn, usage, use, way, weakness, wont |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
- The epistemology of praxis recapitulates the fantasy of linguistic transparency.
- Best's praxis is grounded in opposition to the indiscriminate destruction of life.
- Praxis is the only way to see how, and if, certain theoretical frameworks apply to the students that you teach.
| Main Entry: | practice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | routine, usual procedure |
| Synonyms: | convenance, convention, custom, fashion, form, habit, habitude, manner, method, mode, praxis, proceeding, process, rule, system, tradition, trick, usage, use, usefulness, utility, way, wont |
| Antonyms: | abstention, refrain |
| Main Entry: | tradition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | established practice |
| Synonyms: | attitude, belief, birthright, conclusion, convention, culture, custom, customs, ethic, ethics, fable, folklore, form, habit, heritage, idea, inheritance, institution, law, legend, lore, mores, myth, mythology, mythos, opinion, practice, praxis, ritual, unwritten law, usage, wisdom |
| Main Entry: | trick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | characteristic, habit |
| Synonyms: | crotchet, custom, foible, habitude, idiosyncrasy, manner, mannerism, peculiarity, practice, praxis, quirk, trait, usage, use, way, wont |
| Main Entry: | usage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habit, custom |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, control, convention, currency, form, formula, habitude, handling, management, matter of course, method, mode, operation, practice, praxis, procedure, regime, regulation, rote, routine, rule, running, tradition, treatment, trick, use, way, wont |
| Main Entry: | way |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | characteristic, habit |
| Synonyms: | aspect, behavior, circumstance, condition, conduct, consuetude, custom, detail, fashion, feature, fettle, form, gait, groove, guise, hook, idiosyncrasy, kick*, manner, nature, particular, personality, point, practice, praxis, respect, sense, shape, shot, situation, state, status, style, thing*, tone, trait, trick, usage, use, wont |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consuetude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | custom |
| Synonyms: | familiarity, habit, habitude, manner, practice, praxis, tradition, usage, usance |
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