Definitions for pragmatisms

pragmatisms prag·ma·tism

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

Pragmatisms is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 661 anagrams from letters in pragmatisms (aagimmprsst).

Definitions for pragmatisms

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 pragmatisms

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

Examples for pragmatisms

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for pragmatisms
Scrable

17

Words with friends

21

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