praxis
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\n \n Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 4, 2024 is:\n \n
\n \n\n praxis • \\PRAK-sis\\ • noun
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Praxis is a formal word referring to the practical application of a theory\u2014in other words, what one does to act on a theory (such as feminist theory) to which one is committed. Praxis is also used synonymously with action or practice to refer to the exercise of an art, science, or skill, or to customary conduct within a given sphere.
\n\n// Many gardeners promote composting as being good environmental praxis.
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\u201cA disturbing trend that does not get enough attention is the continued practice of taking work, ideas, and creative genius from Black women without properly crediting or citing them as the source. \u2026 In 2017, Dr. Christen A. Smith created the Cite Black Women campaign as a way to highlight this issue and \u2018push people to engage in a radical praxis of citation that acknowledges and honors Black women\u2019s transnational intellectual production.\u2019\u201d \u2014 Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
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We all know that praxis makes perfect, right? Oh wait, it\u2019s practice, not praxis, that makes perfect! Worry not about confusing the two: as part of our educational praxis (how we act on our belief in the importance of providing information about language), we\u2019ll sort them out here. Both praxis and practice come ultimately from the Greek verb prassein (\u201cto do\u201d or \u201cto practice\u201d), and both can refer to a habit or custom\u2014that is, a usual way of doing something or of conducting oneself. Praxis, however, is more at home in formal, and often academic, writing; a sentence like \u201cit is my praxis to eat breakfast cereal every morning\u201d might make sense, but it\u2019s not idiomatic. Praxis also has two meanings that are more specific; it can refer to the practice of an art, science, or skill, and it can also refer to the practical application of a theory, as in \u201cdemocratic praxis\u201d or \u201crevolutionary praxis.\u201d
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