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PRAGMATIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land
Synonyms:
pragmatic; pragmatic sanction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("pragmatic" is a kind of...):
imperial decree (a decree issued by a sovereign ruler)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Concerned with practical matters
Example:
a matter-of-fact account of the trip
Synonyms:
matter-of-fact; pragmatic; pragmatical
Classified under:
Similar:
practical (concerned with actual use or practice)
Derivation:
pragmatism (the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
Example:
not ideology but pragmatic politics
Synonyms:
hard-nosed; hardheaded; practical; pragmatic
Classified under:
Similar:
realistic (aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are)
Derivation:
pragmatism (the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of or concerning the theory of pragmatism
Synonyms:
pragmatic; pragmatical
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
pragmatism ((philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value)
Derivation:
pragmatism ((philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value)
