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techne

American  
[tek-nay] / ˈtɛk neɪ /

noun

  • technes
    plural
  1. a set of combined technical skills and practical knowledge in a particular area.


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These interactions between techne and themis produced a new understanding of human existence.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 2026

Europe’s savage self-destruction reunited techne and themis: the technologies of the Industrial Revolution and the ideologies of the French Revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 2026

The weather improved as the Little Ice Age ended, and techne improved medicine, midwifery and sanitation.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 2026

But page-by-page, Lisicky’s style relies less on extravagant language than on extravagant techne: a maximal use of complexity.

From Slate Jan. 7, 2016

Rhetoric, he said, was a techne: a practical skill.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

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