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pragmatic
[ prag-mat-ik ]
adjective
- of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
- Philosophy. of or relating to pragmatism ( def 2 ).
- of or relating to pragmatics ( def 1, 2 ).
- treating historical phenomena with special reference to their causes, antecedent conditions, and results.
- of or relating to the affairs of state or community.
- Archaic.
- busy; active.
- officious; meddlesome; interfering.
- dogmatic; opinionated.
noun
- Archaic. an officious or meddlesome person.
pragmatic
/ præɡˈmætɪk /
adjective
- advocating behaviour that is dictated more by practical consequences than by theory or dogma
- philosophy of or relating to pragmatism
- involving everyday or practical business
- of or concerned with the affairs of a state or community
- rare.interfering or meddlesome; officious
Derived Forms
- pragˌmatiˈcality, noun
- pragˈmatically, adverb
Other Words From
- prag·mati·cali·ty prag·mati·cal·ness noun
- prag·mati·cal·ly adverb
- anti·prag·matic adjective
- anti·prag·mati·cal adjective
- anti·prag·mati·cal·ly adverb
- nonprag·matic adjective noun
- nonprag·mati·cal adjective
- nonprag·mati·cal·ly adverb
- unprag·matic adjective
- unprag·mati·cal adjective
- unprag·mati·cal·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of pragmatic1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pragmatic1
Example Sentences
But, as far as I can discern, they do focused, pragmatic work.
Chase supplements this general directive with some more pragmatic suggestions for women looking to find sexual fulfillment.
Mixner, both passionate and pragmatic, found a focus in his activism.
Fairchild considers herself a pragmatic liberal—a registered Democrat and “kind of a boring moderate.”
The aim is very pragmatic and much less idealistic than, say, similar protests in Egypt or Turkey in the last few years.
Which runs directly into the throat of said Pragmatic Sanction; and engages to make it, mere waste sheepskin, so to speak!
His father had guaranteed the pragmatic sanction, but as the conditions on which the guarantee had Frederick the Great.
The operation once accomplished on its own Pragmatic Covenant, France found no difficulty with the others.
Pragmatic Sanction like to be ruined; and Walpole furiously thrown out: what a pair of sorrows for poor George!
It is pragmatic; the patient is taught that his thinking is a way of functioning; that ideas are instruments, ways of acting.
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