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apraxias

apraxias is the plural of apraxia.

Meaning of apraxia

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

Phrases with apraxias

Questions about apraxias

What is apraxias the plural of?
Apraxias is the plural of apraxia.

Words near apraxias in the dictionary

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

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