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"5": "thing"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “thing”)",
"name": "uder"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “thing”).",
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{
"form": "more pragmatist",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most pragmatist",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Politics"
],
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{
"ref": "2013, John Wright, Access to History for the IB Diploma: The Second World War and the Americas, Hodder Education, →ISBN:",
"text": "Historians also suggest that Roosevelt was a pragmatist in foreign affairs, in that his policies were determined by practical consequences rather than by any philosophy.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"Advocating pragmatism."
],
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"politics",
"politics"
],
[
"pragmatism",
"pragmatism"
]
],
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"(politics) Advocating pragmatism."
],
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"government",
"politics"
]
}
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}
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