apraxia
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀπραξία (apraxía, “inaction”), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + πρᾶξις (prâxis, “activity”) + -ία (-ía, abstract noun suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
apraxia (usually uncountable, plural apraxias)
- (neurology) Total or partial loss of the ability to perform coordinated movements or manipulate objects in the absence of motor or sensory impairment; specifically, a disorder of motor planning.
- (philosophy) The state of total inaction caused by holding global skepticism.
- 2020 June 9, Kelly Arenson, The Routledge Handbook of Hellenistic Philosophy, Routledge, →ISBN:
- But how does the skeptic live without knowledge or at least belief? It seems that the skeptical challenges, though theoretically unimpeachable, have objectionable practical consequences. Call this the apraxia problem for skepticism.
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Translations
disorder of motor planning
See also
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “apraxia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧pra‧xi‧a
Noun
apraxia f (plural apraxias)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπραξία (apraxía).
Pronunciation
Noun
apraxia f (plural apraxias)
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Further reading
- “apraxia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10