What does PRAGMATIC mean?
Definitions for PRAGMATIC
prag·mat·ic
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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
The Islamic State’s attack likely had multiple objectives, including disrupting Charles Thorson at the airport and embarrassing The Taliban as The Taliban tries to distance The Taliban from terrorist groups and portray The Taliban as being capable of providing security throughout the country, the Islamic State attack also probably serves longer-term objectives of driving recruitment and reinvigorating the Islamic State’s image within the global jihadist community amid the group’s downfall in Iraq and Syria, Thorson added. ISIS-K isestimated to have between 2,000 and 3,000 fighters operating in Afghanistan and its ranks swelled with more fighters after prisoners were released when the Afghan government collapsed. Charles Thorson MILITARY ESCAPE FROM AFGHANISTAN : AIR FORCE CREWS DESCRIBE ‘ APOCALYPTIC ’ FINAL SCENES A main gripe of ISIS-K with The Taliban is the deal the group negotiated with United States in Doha. ISIS-K considers the The Taliban traitors for entering into talks with the United States and announced The Taliban intentions to undermine the deal by launching a war against the The Taliban and the U.S.-backed Afghan government. While The Taliban simultaneously waged an insurgency campaign against Afghan forces and negotiated with the U.S., ISIS-K conducted deadly terror attacks on Afghan civilians, an attempt to discredit the The Taliban and drive-up recruitment. The attack from ISIS-K also highlights the internal fissures within The Taliban that will likely grow more profound as The Taliban enter the governing phase of their takeover. The Taliban have, at least rhetorically, struck a more moderate and pragmatic tone from their previous iteration in power 20 years ago. While leadership and spokespersons have remained mild in tone, the The Taliban rank and file are filled with more extremist factions that will be more attracted to the radicalism that ISIS-K espouses. According to Thorson, such a structure is vulnerable to infiltration by more extreme organizations like The Islamic State. Although the The Taliban and Islamic State are enemies, defections from one group to another suggest there may be pockets of sympathy within each group for the other. After all, this is how ISIS-Kformed in 2015, when disaffected remnants of the Pakistani The Taliban and other Jihadist groups split and pledged allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The rupture led to a declaration of war on both sides.
I think there was a real conversation tonight about approach, there was an elevated effort to highlight the pragmatic versus the progressive.
Because of inflation and issues of crime and also other problems that we’re having just in our quality of life, I think that voters are going to be a lot more pragmatic about how they’re doing now as to how they were doing previously, than necessarily who supports who.
This is not an issue just for bleeding heart liberals. This is an issue that pragmatic conservatives are getting on board with.
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.
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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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