pragmatic
IPA: prægmˈætɪk
noun
- A man of business.
- A busybody.
- A public decree.
adjective
- Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory.
- Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances; said of literature.
- Interfering in the affairs of others; officious; meddlesome.
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Examples of "pragmatic" in Sentences
- Inquiry in the pragmatic paradigm.
- The sign of the sacred are all pragmatic.
- That is a workmanlike, pragmatic solution.
- The main reason at the time was pragmatic.
- The approach used is pragmatic and humanistic.
- There is an inquiry in the pragmatic paradigm.
- Philosophy is the pragmatic description of knowledge.
- It is a pragmatic construct, not an inviolate promise.
- The advantage of pragmatic love is practicality and realism.