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Noun [English]

Forms: utilitarianisms [plural]
Etymology: From utilitarian + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|utilitarian|ism}} utilitarian + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} utilitarianism (countable and uncountable, plural utilitarianisms)
  1. (philosophy) A system of ethics based on the premise that something's value may be measured by its usefulness. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy, Ethics
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  2. (philosophy) The theory that action should be directed toward achieving the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people" (hedonistic universalism), or one of various related theories. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy Translations (the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"): نَفْعِيَّة (nafʕiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), ուտիլիտարիզմ (utilitarizm) (Armenian), օգտապաշտություն (ōgtapaštutʻyun) (Armenian), utilitarizm (Azerbaijani), উপযোগবাদ (upojōgbad) (Bengali), 功用主義 (Chinese Cantonese), 功用主义 (gung¹ jung⁶ zyu² ji⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 效益主義 (Chinese Cantonese), 效益主义 (haau⁶ jik¹ zyu² ji⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 效益主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 效益主义 (xiàoyìzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 功利主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 功利主义 (gōnglìzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), utilitarismus [masculine] (Czech), utilitarizmus [masculine] (Czech), utilitarianisme [common-gender] (Danish), utilisme [neuter] (Dutch), utilismo (Esperanto), utilitarismi (Finnish), utilitarisme [masculine] (French), უტილიტარიზმი (uṭiliṭarizmi) (Georgian), Utilitarismus [masculine] (German), ωφελιμισμός (ofelimismós) [masculine] (Greek), תּוֹעַלְתָּנוּת (tu'ál'tanút) [feminine] (Hebrew), haszonelvűség (Hungarian), utilitarianizmus (Hungarian), utilitarizmus (Hungarian), nytjasfena (Icelandic), utilitarianisme (Indonesian), fóntachas [masculine] (Irish), utilitarismo (Italian), 功利主義 (kōrishugi) (alt: こうりしゅぎ) (Japanese), ಉಪಯುಕ್ತತಾವಾದ (upayuktatāvāda) (Kannada), утилитаризм (utilitarizm) (Kazakh), 공리주의 (gongnijuui) (alt: 功利主義) (Korean), പ്രയോജനവാദം (prayōjanavādaṁ) (Malayalam), utilitarianisme [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), فایدهگرایی (Persian), utylitaryzm [masculine] (Polish), utilitarismo [masculine] (Portuguese), утилитаризм (utilitarizm) (Russian), utilitarismo [masculine] (Spanish), utilitarism [common-gender] (Swedish), karahatan (Tagalog), chủ nghĩa vị lợi (alt: 主義為利) (Vietnamese), chủ nghĩa công lợi (alt: 主義功利) (Vietnamese)
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  3. Practicality, functionality, as opposed to e.g. aesthetics. Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: consequentialism, welfarism Derived forms: antiutilitarianism, negative utilitarianism, nonutilitarianism, rule utilitarianism Coordinate_terms: deontology

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      "roman": "upojōgbad",
      "sense": "the theory of the \"greatest happiness for the greatest number of people\"",
      "word": "উপযোগবাদ"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "the theory of the \"greatest happiness for the greatest number of people\"",
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      "code": "yue",
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      "roman": "gung¹ jung⁶ zyu² ji⁶",
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "the theory of the \"greatest happiness for the greatest number of people\"",
      "word": "效益主義"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "roman": "haau⁶ jik¹ zyu² ji⁶",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "roman": "xiàoyìzhǔyì",
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "the theory of the \"greatest happiness for the greatest number of people\"",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "the theory of the \"greatest happiness for the greatest number of people\"",
      "word": "utilitarismo"
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      "alt": "こうりしゅぎ",
      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "the theory of the \"greatest happiness for the greatest number of people\"",
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      "code": "kn",
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      "sense": "the theory of the \"greatest happiness for the greatest number of people\"",
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      "word": "утилитаризм"
    },
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      "alt": "功利主義",
      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "the theory of the \"greatest happiness for the greatest number of people\"",
      "word": "공리주의"
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      "code": "ml",
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      "roman": "prayōjanavādaṁ",
      "sense": "the theory of the \"greatest happiness for the greatest number of people\"",
      "word": "പ്രയോജനവാദം"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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      "word": "utilitarianisme"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "utilitarismo"
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      "sense": "the theory of the \"greatest happiness for the greatest number of people\"",
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      "alt": "主義為利",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the theory of the \"greatest happiness for the greatest number of people\"",
      "word": "chủ nghĩa vị lợi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "主義功利",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the theory of the \"greatest happiness for the greatest number of people\"",
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