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語源

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

発音

• IPA: /əˈpɹæksɪə/

名詞

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.

派生語

関連する語

• dyspraxia

参考

• praxis
• avolition

参照

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “apraxia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.