practicalism

[ prak-ti-kuh-liz-uhm ]

noun

1. devotion to practical matters.

Other Words From

• practi·cal·ist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of practicalism¹

First recorded in 1835–45; practical + -ism

Example Sentences

He had besides, the stolidity of the German, and their cool calculating practicalism.

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A sordid practicalism has made itself felt, due to a feverish desire to play an important rôle in the detail of current politics.

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Political practicalism is a social soul of which the state should be the embodiment.

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We must have the church and state in order that we may have their souls, idealism and practicalism.

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