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apraxia

/əˈpɹæksɪə/

apraxia noun: 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.

Noun

apraxia (usually uncountable, plural apraxias)

  1. (usually) 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. (usually) The state of total inaction caused by holding global skepticism.
    • 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.2020 June 9, Kelly Arenson, The Routledge Handbook of Hellenistic Philosophy, Routledge, →ISBN

apraxia meaning in Tamil

apraxia in Tamil

பொருள்களைப் புரிந்து கொள்ள இயலாமை, செயற்திறன்குறை

Forms of apraxia

pluralapraxias

Origin of apraxia

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

Words formed from apraxia

Questions about apraxia

What does apraxia mean?
Apraxia means 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.
What is apraxia in Tamil?
Apraxia in Tamil is பொருள்களைப் புரிந்து கொள்ள இயலாமை, செயற்திறன்குறை. See Apraxia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is apraxia?
Apraxia is a noun.
How do you pronounce apraxia?
Apraxia is pronounced /əˈpɹæksɪə/.
What is the plural of apraxia?
The plural of apraxia is apraxias.

Words near apraxia in the dictionary

  1. apragmatism
  2. apramycin
  3. apramycins
  4. apratastat
  5. aprataxin
  6. apraxia
  7. apraxias
  8. apraxic
  9. apreciate
  10. Aprelivka
  11. apremilast

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Adapted from Wiktionary: apraxia (page history and authors); apraxia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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