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Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pragmatist.wav Forms: more pragmatist [comparative], most pragmatist [superlative]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “thing”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|πρᾶγμα||thing}} Ancient Greek πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “thing”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} pragmatist (comparative more pragmatist, superlative most pragmatist)
  1. (politics) Advocating pragmatism. Categories (topical): Politics
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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pragmatist.wav Forms: pragmatists [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “thing”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|πρᾶγμα||thing}} Ancient Greek πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “thing”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} pragmatist (plural pragmatists)
  1. One who acts in a practical or straightforward manner; one who is pragmatic; one who values practicality or pragmatism. Categories (topical): People Translations (One who acts in a practical or straightforward manner): 現実主義者 (genjitsusyugisha) (Japanese), pragmatist (Romanian), pragmatik [masculine] (Slovak), pragmatiker [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  2. One who acts in response to particular situations rather than upon abstract ideals; one who is willing to ignore their ideals to accomplish goals. Categories (topical): People
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  3. One who belongs to the philosophic school of pragmatism; one who holds that the meaning of beliefs is the actions they entail, and that the truth of those beliefs consists in the actions they entail, successfully leading a believer to their goals. Categories (topical): People
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  4. (politics) An advocate of pragmatism. Categories (topical): Politics, People
    Sense id: en-pragmatist-en-noun-xgIWXfkS Disambiguation of People: 5 25 13 16 21 20 Topics: government, politics
  5. (linguistics, uncommon) One who studies pragmatics. Tags: uncommon Categories (topical): Linguistics, People Synonyms: pragmatician
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pragma, pragmatically, pragmatics, pragmatism

Noun [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from French pragmatisme. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ro|fr|pragmatisme}} Borrowed from French pragmatisme Head templates: {{ro-noun|m|pragmatiști|f=pragmatistă}} pragmatist m (plural pragmatiști, feminine equivalent pragmatistă) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|g=m|gpd=pragmatiștilor|gpi=pragmatiști|gsd=pragmatistului|gsi=pragmatist|n=|npd=pragmatiștii|npi=pragmatiști|nsd=pragmatistul|nsi=pragmatist|vp=pragmatiștilor|vs=pragmatistule|vs2=}} Forms: pragmatiști [plural], equivalent pragmatistă [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], pragmatist [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], pragmatistul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], pragmatiști [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], pragmatiștii [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], pragmatist [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, singular], pragmatistului [definite, error-unrecognized-form, singular], pragmatiști [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, singular], pragmatiștilor [definite, error-unrecognized-form, plural], pragmatistule [singular, vocative], pragmatiștilor [vocative]
  1. pragmatist Tags: masculine Related terms: pragmatic, pragmatism
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