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praxis

[prak-sis] / ˈpræk sɪs /
NOUN
habit
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Their qualitative work on the severed mother-daughter dyad has yielded wholly nuanced theories and praxis rooted in the unique “self-in-relation” analysis model.

From Salon ● May 11, 2024

She said that Jacob’s non-oral autism arises from “trouble with praxis, which means motor planning — how to get the body and the mouth to do what I want when I want.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2023

In this way “Madness” is akin to types of conceptual art that are more about praxis than precision.

From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2022

The praxis has always been and is still being developed by the marginalized and has of necessity to be nimbler than the scholarship, which all too often serves the powerful.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 3, 2021

The underlying structure of human praxis that determined the need for literacy also determined the need for appropriate means of expression, communication, and signification.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin

“We want to find out the truth, but not eliminate the praxes, because they’ve also made many students happy, including our son Pedro,” his mother, Maria Fátima Negrão, said.

From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2014

But since the deaths, Mr. Campos said, he has been the target of insults and even objects thrown at him while walking around Lisbon wearing his traditional black praxes outfit.

From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2014

Portugal’s education minister has been discussing with universities how to deal with the praxes.

From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2014

On a recent Saturday, she joined students outside Lusófona’s campus to pressure the government to ban praxes.

From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2014

Fisher writes Praxises for praxes, though not very properly.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown




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