Praxis
Etymology
From Greek "praxis," "action" or "doing," from "prattein," "to do" or "to act." Aristotle used it for the domain of action and conduct, set apart from "theoria," contemplation, and "poiēsis," making. Marxist thought later charged the word with a specific meaning: the reflective, world-changing action in which theory is realized rather than merely thought, and it retains that activist edge.
noun · /PRAK-sis/
The practice or enactment of an idea or theory, as distinct from merely holding it.
What it names
The point where a belief has to touch the world and prove itself in action — the test that separates a philosophy you live from one you only recite.
Example
Their commitment to equality sounded fine in the mission statement; the praxis was what the hiring numbers actually showed.
Related idea
Praxis is theory carried into action; a dialectic is the reasoning process, which may refine a theory without anyone yet acting on it.