apraxia

English

WOTD – 13 March 2006

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀπραξία (apraxía, “inaction”), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) +‎ πρᾶξις (prâxis, “activity”) +‎ -ία (-ía, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈpɹæksɪə/

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Noun

apraxia (usually uncountable, plural apraxias)

1. (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.
2. (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.

Derived terms

• apraxic
• gait apraxia
• neurapraxia

 

Related terms

• dyspraxia

Translations

disorder of motor planning

• Czech: apraxie f
• Finnish: apraksia (fi)
• German: Apraxie f, Bewegungsstörung f
• Hungarian: apraxia (hu)
• Navajo: hazééʼ nahonitłʼahgo doo hazhóʼó yájíłtiʼda
• Polish: apraksja f
• Portuguese: apraxia f
• Russian: апра́ксия (ru) f (apráksija)
• Spanish: apraxia (es) f

See also

• praxis
• avolition

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “apraxia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.pɾakˈsi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.pɾakˈsi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.pɾakˈsi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɾɐˈksi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧pra‧xi‧a

Noun

apraxia f (plural apraxias)

1. (neurology) apraxia (disorder of motor planning)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπραξία (apraxía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpɾaɡsja/ [aˈpɾaɣ̞.sja]
• Rhymes: -aɡsja
• Syllabification: a‧pra‧xia

Noun

apraxia f (plural apraxias)

1. (neurology) apraxia

Derived terms

• apráxico

 

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