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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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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

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

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 2026

The Renaissance revived themis and unleashed the scientific revolution as the epitome of techne; the Protestant Reformation made the nation-state and democracy the vehicles of both.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 2026

That discipline, the drawing of boundaries and the practice of techne, is as much a part of grief as loosening your hair to the wind?

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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