Definitions for pragmatism

pragmatism prag·ma·tism

Spelling: [prag-muh-tiz-uh m]
IPA: /ˈpræg məˌtɪz əm/

Pragmatism is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 562 anagrams from letters in pragmatism (aagimmprst).

Definitions for pragmatism

noun

  1. character or conduct that emphasizes practicality.
  2. a philosophical movement or system having various forms, but generally stressing practical consequences as constituting the essential criterion in determining meaning, truth, or value.

Origin of pragmatism

First recorded in 1860-65; pragmat(ic) + -ism

Examples for pragmatism

We hadn't talked a minute before he handed me "pragmatism" and "zing-slingers."

The extremes of mysticism and of pragmatism have their own expressions of worship.

Problematic ideological splits are usually rooted in principle—not pragmatism.

But the more they speak, the more the two are bound by pragmatism.

So, when it came to the use of violence, as with so much else in his life, Mandela opted for pragmatism over ideology.

It is perhaps as a matter of "taste" that pragmatism proves most unsatisfactory to it.

De Robertis, an East Village mainstay, closes tomorrow—a moment for nostalgia, but also pragmatism.

At the same time, this focus on pragmatism is a tacit acknowledgment from the president.

We have seen in the last chapter that pragmatism is both a criticism and a theory.

I am not concerned to question this so far as the origin of pragmatism is concerned.

Word Value for pragmatism
Scrable

17

Words with friends

21

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