Definitions for pragmatic

pragmatic prag·mat·ic

Spelling: [prag-mat-ik]
IPA: /prægˈmæt ɪk/

Pragmatic is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 399 anagrams from letters in pragmatic (aacgimprt).

Definitions for pragmatic

noun

  1. pragmatic sanction.
  2. Archaic. an officious or meddlesome person.

adjective

  1. of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
  2. Philosophy. of or relating to pragmatism (def 2).
  3. of or relating to pragmatics (def 1, 2).
  4. treating historical phenomena with special reference to their causes, antecedent conditions, and results.
  5. of or relating to the affairs of state or community.
  6. Archaic. busy; active. officious; meddlesome; interfering. dogmatic; opinionated.

Origin of pragmatic

1580-90; Latin prāgmaticus Greek prāgmatikós practical, equivalent to prāgmat- (stem of prâgma) deed, state business (derivative of prā́ssein to do, fare; see practic<

Examples for pragmatic

Mixner, both passionate and pragmatic, found a focus in his activism.

But, as far as I can discern, they do focused, pragmatic work.

Fairchild considers herself a pragmatic liberal—a registered Democrat and “kind of a boring moderate.”

The structure of the army embodied the structure of the pragmatic framework.

Genetic continuity is a background for pragmatic discontinuity.

"The pragmatic engineering approach, I imagine," Stanton said.

The ideal of journalistic neutrality also has pragmatic origins.

But by all accounts Khamenei is a pragmatic politician whose own survival is his first priority.

The pragmatic thought is, nevertheless, inherent in any sign process.

The pragmatic Sanction was still observed as the law of the land.

Word Value for pragmatic
Scrable

16

Words with friends

20

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