"pragmatism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹæɡmətɪzəm/ [General-American], /ˈpɹaɡmətɪzəm/ [UK] Forms: pragmatisms [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek stem of πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “act”) + -ism. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pragmatism (countable and uncountable, plural pragmatisms)
  1. The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities): pragmatisme [masculine] (Catalan), 實用主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 实用主义 (shíyòngzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), pragmatisme [masculine] (Dutch), pragmatismi (Finnish), pragmaattisuus (Finnish), pragmatisme [masculine] (French), pragmatismo [masculine] (Galician), Pragmatismus [masculine] (German), réadúlacht [feminine] (Irish), プラグマティズム (puragumatizumu) (Japanese), 実用主義 (jitsuyōshugi) (alt: じつようしゅぎ) (Japanese), pragmatika [feminine] (Lithuanian), pragmatismo [masculine] (Portuguese), pragmatism [neuter] (Romanian), прагмати́зм (pragmatízm) [masculine] (Russian), pragmatìzam [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), прагматѝзам [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pragmatismo [masculine] (Spanish), прагмати́зм (prahmatýzm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. The habit of interfering in other people's affairs; meddlesomeness. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  3. (philosophy) The idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer, and the truth of beliefs with success of those actions in securing a believer's goals; the doctrine that ideas must be looked at in terms of their practical effects and consequences. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy Translations (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer): pragmatisme [masculine] (Catalan), pragmatisme [masculine] (Dutch), pragmatismi (Finnish), pragmatismo [masculine] (Galician), Pragmatismus [masculine] (German), अर्थक्रियावाद (arthakriyāvād) (Hindi), व्यावहारिकतावाद (vyāvhāriktāvād) (Hindi), प्रयोजनवाद (prayojanvād) (Hindi), pragmatizmus (Hungarian), réadúlacht [feminine] (Irish), pragmatismo [masculine] (Italian), pragmatika [feminine] (Lithuanian), pragmatismo [masculine] (Portuguese), pragmatism [neuter] (Romanian), прагмати́зм (pragmatízm) [masculine] (Russian), pragmatismo [masculine] (Spanish), pragmatizm (Turkish), faydacılık (Turkish), yararcılık (Turkish), прагмати́зм (prahmatýzm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  4. (politics) The theory that political problems should be met with practical solutions rather than ideological ones. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Politics Translations (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones): pragmatisme [masculine] (Dutch), pragmatismi (Finnish), pragmatismo [masculine] (Galician), réadúlacht [feminine] (Irish), pragmatika [feminine] (Lithuanian), pragmatismo [masculine] (Portuguese), pragmatism [neuter] (Romanian), прагмати́зм (pragmatízm) [masculine] (Russian), pragmatismo [masculine] (Spanish), прагмати́зм (prahmatýzm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pragmatic, pragmatically, pragmatist

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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "pragmatic"
    },
    {
      "word": "pragmatically"
    },
    {
      "word": "pragmatist"
    }
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        "The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals."
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          "emotion"
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        "The habit of interfering in other people's affairs; meddlesomeness."
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          "ref": "1902, William James, “Lecture XVIII: Philosophy”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 445:",
          "text": "Our conception of these practical consequences is for us the whole of our conception of the object, so far as that conception has positive significance at all. This is the principle of [Charles Sanders] Peirce, the principle of pragmatism.",
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        }
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        "The idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer, and the truth of beliefs with success of those actions in securing a believer's goals; the doctrine that ideas must be looked at in terms of their practical effects and consequences."
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          "truth",
          "truth"
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        [
          "goal",
          "goal"
        ],
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          "doctrine",
          "doctrine"
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          "effect",
          "effect"
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          "consequence",
          "consequence"
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        "(philosophy) The idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer, and the truth of beliefs with success of those actions in securing a believer's goals; the doctrine that ideas must be looked at in terms of their practical effects and consequences."
      ],
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        "uncountable"
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        "human-sciences",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
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      "categories": [
        "en:Politics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The theory that political problems should be met with practical solutions rather than ideological ones."
      ],
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        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
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        [
          "theory",
          "theory"
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          "solution"
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          "ideological"
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        "(politics) The theory that political problems should be met with practical solutions rather than ideological ones."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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        "government",
        "politics"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹæɡmətɪzəm/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹaɡmətɪzəm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pragmatisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities",
      "word": "實用主義"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shíyòngzhǔyì",
      "sense": "pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities",
      "word": "实用主义"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pragmatisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities",
      "word": "pragmatismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities",
      "word": "pragmaattisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pragmatisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pragmatismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pragmatismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "réadúlacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "puragumatizumu",
      "sense": "pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities",
      "word": "プラグマティズム"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じつようしゅぎ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jitsuyōshugi",
      "sense": "pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities",
      "word": "実用主義"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pragmatika"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pragmatismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pragmatism"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pragmatízm",
      "sense": "pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прагмати́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pragmatìzam"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прагматѝзам"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pragmatismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prahmatýzm",
      "sense": "pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прагмати́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pragmatisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones",
      "word": "pragmatismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pragmatismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "réadúlacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pragmatika"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pragmatismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pragmatism"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pragmatízm",
      "sense": "political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прагмати́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pragmatismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prahmatýzm",
      "sense": "political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прагмати́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pragmatisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pragmatisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer",
      "word": "pragmatismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pragmatismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pragmatismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "arthakriyāvād",
      "sense": "philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer",
      "word": "अर्थक्रियावाद"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vyāvhāriktāvād",
      "sense": "philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer",
      "word": "व्यावहारिकतावाद"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "prayojanvād",
      "sense": "philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer",
      "word": "प्रयोजनवाद"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer",
      "word": "pragmatizmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "réadúlacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pragmatismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pragmatika"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pragmatismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pragmatism"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pragmatízm",
      "sense": "philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прагмати́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pragmatismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer",
      "word": "pragmatizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer",
      "word": "faydacılık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer",
      "word": "yararcılık"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prahmatýzm",
      "sense": "philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прагмати́зм"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "pragmatism"
  ],
  "word": "pragmatism"
}

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