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Princeton's WordNet
pragmatic sanction, pragmaticadjective
an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land
matter-of-fact, pragmatic, pragmaticaladjective
concerned with practical matters
"a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem"; "a matter-of-fact account of the trip"
pragmatic, pragmaticaladjective
of or concerning the theory of pragmatism
hardheaded, hard-nosed, practical, pragmaticadjective
guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
"a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics"
Wiktionary
pragmaticadjective
Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory
The sturdy furniture in the student lounge was pragmatic, but unattractive.
Etymology: From pragmatique, from pragmaticus, from πραγματικός, from πρᾶγμα, in plural πράγματα, from πράσσειν (whence English practical).
Wikipedia
pragmatic
Pragmatism is a philosophical movement.
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Pragmatic refers to dealing with things realistically or practically, based on practical considerations rather than theoretical or abstract principles. It can also refer to the philosophical approach of pragmatism, which assesses truth of theories or beliefs in terms of their successful practical application.
Webster Dictionary
Pragmaticadjective
alt. of Pragmatical
Pragmaticnoun
one skilled in affairs
Pragmaticnoun
a solemn public ordinance or decree
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Pragmatic
-al, prag-mat′ik, -al, adj. of or pertaining to public business: skilled in affairs: active: practical: interfering with the affairs of others: officious: meddlesome: self-important.—n. Pragmat′ic, a man of business, a busybody: a public decree.—adv. Pragmat′ically.—ns. Pragmat′icalness, Prag&priprime;matism, activity: earnestness: meddlesomeness; Prag′matist.—Pragmatic method, a method of treating events with reference to their causes, conditions, and results—also called Prag′matism; Pragmatic sanction, a special decree issued by a sovereign, such as that passed by the Emperor Charles VI. of Germany, securing the crown to Maria Theresa, and which led to the war so called in 1741. [Fr.,—L.,—Gr. pragmatikos—pragma—pragmatos, deed—prassein, to do.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pragmatic in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pragmatic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of pragmatic in a Sentence
This is something entirely fresh for Taiwan politics – here is a candidate who sees everything through the pragmatic angle of a businessman rather than raw politics or ideology, he has no baggage and that will be a fascinating scenario.
This trial dared to use a highly innovative and pragmatic design, which allowed the team in Guinea to assess this vaccine in the middle of an epidemic, our hope is that this vaccine will now help bring this epidemic to an end and be available for the inevitable future Ebola epidemics.
Although Beijing is pragmatic about the power realities in Afghanistan, it has always been uncomfortable with the Taliban's ideological agenda, the Chinese government fears the inspirational effect of their success in Afghanistan for militancy across the region, including the Pakistani Taliban.
At the end of the day, Democrats don’t get to define what immigration reform is, and neither do Republicans, there has to be a very pragmatic approach to immigration reform with both sides.
Generally, individuals are pragmatic and countries will welcome Chinese tourists due to their spending power, it will take time for international tourism to get going, but it will come rushing back, when it happens.
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- واقعي, براجماتي, عمليArabic
- pragmàtica, pragmàticCatalan, Valencian
- pragmatickýCzech
- pragmatiskDanish
- pragmatischGerman
- pragmáticoSpanish
- عملگراPersian
- pragmaattinenFinnish
- pragmatiqueFrench
- व्यावहारिकHindi
- pragmatisIndonesian
- פרגמטיHebrew
- 現実的, 実用主義, 実利Japanese
- 실용적인Korean
- pragmaticusLatin
- pragmatischDutch
- pragmatycznyPolish
- pragmático, práticoPortuguese
- pragmatică, pragmaticRomanian
- прагматическийRussian
- прагма̀тичан, pragmàtičanSerbo-Croatian
- pragmatiskSwedish
- நடைமுறைக்கேற்றTamil
- pragmatikTurkish
- thực dụngVietnamese
- פּראַגמאַטיקYiddish
- 务实Chinese
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