praxis

noun /ˈpɹæk.sɪs/

1. The practical application of any branch of learning.

   countable, uncountable

2. The deliberate action of a rational being.

   countable, uncountable

3. The synthesis of theory and practice, without presuming the primacy of either.

   countable, uncountable

   […] 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.

4. Custom or established practice.

   countable, uncountable

Where it comes from

Partly from Latin prāxis and partly from its etymon Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action, activity, practice”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry praxis (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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