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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

This consideration also makes retreat into the theory of an illegal praxis impossible, and renders the legitimacy of the actually subsisting indisputable.

From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius

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

Frederico Campos, the leader of the law faculty’s praxes, said that “none of our games are really risky or could lead to something like what happened on that beach.”

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

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

From New York Times Mar. 19, 2014

The selections prepared for the stated praxes of this work, will be found as suitable as any.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold




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