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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pragmatic sanction, pragmaticadjective

    an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land

  2. 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"

  3. pragmatic, pragmaticaladjective

    of or concerning the theory of pragmatism

  4. 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

  1. 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.

  2. Etymology: From pragmatique, from pragmaticus, from πραγματικός, from πρᾶγμα, in plural πράγματα, from πράσσειν (whence English practical).

Wikipedia

  1. pragmatic

    Pragmatism is a philosophical movement.

ChatGPT

  1. pragmatic

    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

  1. Pragmaticadjective

    alt. of Pragmatical

  2. Pragmaticnoun

    one skilled in affairs

  3. Pragmaticnoun

    a solemn public ordinance or decree

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. 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. pragmatikospragmapragmatos, deed—prassein, to do.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pragmatic in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pragmatic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of pragmatic in a Sentence

  1. Manfred Fitzgerald:

    I don't think that you need a lot of sports attributes for this, this is something which will be very pragmatic, but at the same time cool and stylish.

  2. Gavin Newsom:

    I’m not paid to say that. I’m paid to say, ‘fate and feel.’ I mean, I get it. Look, I mean I could be the cheerleader. I’m also pragmatic. You feel it.

  3. Roshan Choxi:

    Even at a high-caliber engineering program like that, what you learn is so divorced from anything pragmatic or related to the type of skills you need to know in the industry, i felt like there was a way to do it better.

  4. The Chinese Foreign Ministry:

    We are also very happy that the two countries of China and Spain have achieved increasingly fruitful results in cracking down on crime and in joint law enforcement as political trust continuously deepens and pragmatic cooperation advances in a variety of areas.

  5. Jurgen Maier:

    What we need to do now is get closer to our European partners and work out what a realistic, pragmatic Brexit is, which works for both sides.

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