pragmatic
of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
Philosophy. of or relating to pragmatism (def. 2).
of or relating to pragmatics (def. 1, 2).
treating historical phenomena with special reference to their causes, antecedent conditions, and results.
of or relating to the affairs of state or community.
Archaic.
busy; active.
officious; meddlesome; interfering.
dogmatic; opinionated.
Archaic. an officious or meddlesome person.
Origin of pragmatic
1Other words from pragmatic
- prag·mat·i·cal·i·ty, prag·mat·i·cal·ness, noun
- prag·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
- an·ti·prag·mat·ic, adjective
- an·ti·prag·mat·i·cal, adjective
- an·ti·prag·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
- non·prag·mat·ic, adjective, noun
- non·prag·mat·i·cal, adjective
- non·prag·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
- un·prag·mat·ic, adjective
- un·prag·mat·i·cal, adjective
- un·prag·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use pragmatic in a sentence
We urge regulators to adopt a pragmatic and proportionate approach until a sustainable long-term solution can be reached.
Facebook seeks fresh legal delay to block order to suspend its transatlantic data transfers | Natasha Lomas | September 11, 2020 | TechCrunchThat would be one pragmatic reason to resolve the dispute about belief, if it’s really just a terminological dispute, in my favor.
Believing in Monsters: David Livingstone Smith on the Subhuman - Facts So Romantic | Eric Schwitzgebel | September 11, 2020 | NautilusThe movement is a call to action for studios to make movies, for artists to paint pictures, and for anyone with access to the means of creation and communication to participate in the most pragmatic form of dreaming.
Solarpunk Is Growing a Gorgeous New World in the Cracks of the Old One | Carin Ism | September 6, 2020 | Singularity HubThere should be more voices from the business world, from a new generation, and more courage to be pragmatic instead of appeal to extremes in both parties.
Brynne Kennedy could be the first female tech founder to serve in Congress | ehinchliffe | August 24, 2020 | FortuneIt is an unavoidable recognition by pragmatic business leaders—reinforced by their customers, investors and employees—that society faces an existential threat.
But, as far as I can discern, they do focused, pragmatic work.
Chase supplements this general directive with some more pragmatic suggestions for women looking to find sexual fulfillment.
Was 2014 the Year Science Discovered The Female Orgasm? | Samantha Allen | December 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMixner, both passionate and pragmatic, found a focus in his activism.
Gay Activist David Mixner: I Mercy Killed 8 People | Tim Teeman | October 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFairchild considers herself a pragmatic liberal—a registered Democrat and “kind of a boring moderate.”
Morgan Fairchild: Badass Foreign Policy Wonk | Asawin Suebsaeng | October 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe aim is very pragmatic and much less idealistic than, say, similar protests in Egypt or Turkey in the last few years.
Beijing/Hong Kong: A Tale of Two Cities as Demonstrations Continue | Ben Leung | October 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhich runs directly into the throat of said pragmatic Sanction; and engages to make it, mere waste sheepskin, so to speak!
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. VII. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleHis father had guaranteed the pragmatic sanction, but as the conditions on which the guarantee had Frederick the Great.
The operation once accomplished on its own pragmatic Covenant, France found no difficulty with the others.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XII. (of XXI.) | Thomas Carlylepragmatic Sanction like to be ruined; and Walpole furiously thrown out: what a pair of sorrows for poor George!
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XII. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleIt is pragmatic; the patient is taught that his thinking is a way of functioning; that ideas are instruments, ways of acting.
The Behavior of Crowds | Everett Dean Martin
British Dictionary definitions for pragmatic
/ (præɡˈmætɪk) /
advocating behaviour that is dictated more by practical consequences than by theory or dogma
philosophy of or relating to pragmatism
involving everyday or practical business
of or concerned with the affairs of a state or community
rare interfering or meddlesome; officious
Origin of pragmatic
1- Also (for senses 3, 5): pragmatical
Derived forms of pragmatic
- pragmaticality, noun
- pragmatically, adverb
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