praxis
Ideas put into action
Praxis is the practical application of a theory or skill, as opposed to abstract knowledge.
In philosophy and social theory, it emphasizes action informed by reflection—practice that embodies and tests ideas: Marxist praxis demands that theory serve revolutionary action.
The word appears most often in academic contexts where theory and practice intersect.
Formal request document
- implementationPutting plans into effect
- actionProcess of doing
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
pedagogy · methodology · engagement · integration · enactment · embodiment · dialectic · synthesis
Reasoning through contradiction
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
- historicalOf documented times
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- MarxGerman economic philosopher
Engels · critique · ideology · labor · alienation · contradiction · synthesis · production
Profession of instructing others
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- medicalOf healthcare practice
- legalPermitted by statute
- clinicalEmotionally detached, medically precise
ethical · reflective · competence · standards · training · mentoring · supervision · expertise
Regular sequence of actions
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- repetitionAct of redoing
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
consistency · custom · regularity · pattern · tradition · convention · norm · accustomed
application
Formal request document
- implementationPutting plans into effect
- actionProcess of doing
- reflectionReturned light or thought
theory · pedagogy · methodology · engagement · integration · enactment · embodiment · dialectic · synthesis · critical
dialectics
Reasoning through contradiction
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
- historicalOf documented times
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
Marx · Engels · critique · ideology · labor · alienation · contradiction · synthesis · production · transformation
teaching
Profession of instructing others
clinical · ethical · reflective · competence · standards · training · mentoring · supervision · expertise · development
routine
Regular sequence of actions
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- repetitionAct of redoing
habituation · consistency · custom · regularity · pattern · tradition · convention · norm · accustomed · ingrained
- examsexam, test, quiz, final exam, midterm
- Greek wordsalpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon
- practical traininghands-on training, hands-on learning, hands-on experience, on-the-job training, practicum
- techniqueskill, method, approach, procedure, process
- teststest, tests, exam, exams, quiz
- Greek conceptslogos, ethos, pathos, hubris, arete
praxistheory
Explanatory set of principles
speculation · abstraction · theorizing · pure theory · contemplation
praxisinaction
Deliberate nonmovement
passivity · inertia · stasis · quietism · quiescence
praxismechanical action
Motion produced by machinery
automatism · routine · going through the motions · knee-jerk reaction · instinct
practice, practical, impractical, practically, practicality, practicable, practised, practitioner, malpractice