| Front | praxis \PRAK-sis\ |
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| Back | noun: 1. Practice, as opposed to the theory. 2. Accepted practice or custom. 3. A set of practice exercises. [From Latin praxis, from Greek praxis, from prassein/prattein (to do). Earliest documented use: before 1586.] "His head hung lower than was its praxis." - Mark Christopher; Monkeys Can't Swim; AuthorHouse; 2009. "The contradiction between the declared intent and actual praxis causes a clash." - Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi; Africa Wo/Man Palava: The Nigerian Novel by Women; The University of Chicago Press; 1996. |
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