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praxis
PRAK-suhs
noun
putting theory into practice; putting an idea into motion; the practice of something
1884R. W. WrightLife: Its True GenesisOur intuitions, as the final arbiters of judgment, demand this or some equivalent order as the only one embraced in a logical praxis.1984Neal StephensonThe Big UThey all retreated to the other end of the lot for a discussion of theory and praxis as the truck eased up to the loading dock. 1998Thomas ClearyEssential TaoThis passage is also read, Eternal nonbeing is needed to observe the subtle; eternal being is needed to observe the manifest These lines are one of the keys to Taoist praxis.

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