pragmatism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɹaɡmətɪzəm/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈpɹæɡmətɪzəm/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek stem of πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “act”) + -ism.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals.
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(countable, uncountable) The idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer, and the truth of beliefs with success of those actions in securing a believer's goals; the doctrine that ideas must be looked at in terms of their practical effects and consequences.
Our conception of these practical consequences is for us the whole of our conception of the object, so far as that conception has positive significance at all. This is the principle of [Charles Sanders] Peirce, the principle of pragmatism.
1902, William James, “Lecture XVIII: Philosophy”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 445:
- (countable, uncountable) The theory that political problems should be met with practical solutions rather than ideological ones.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The habit of interfering in other people's affairs; meddlesomeness.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pragmatisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
antipragmatism · American pragmatism · neopragmatism · polypragmatism · ecopragmatism
Relateds
pragmatist · pragmatic · pragmatically
Translations (57)
ja 実用主義 (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) · ga réadúlacht (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer) · fi pragmatismi (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones) · pt pragmatismo (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones) · uk прагмати́зм (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer) · nl pragmatisme (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones) · ja プラグマティズム (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) · id pragmatisme (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) · hi व्यावहारिकतावाद (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer) · ca pragmatisme (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) · es pragmatismo (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) · gl pragmatismo (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones) · ga réadúlacht (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) · hu pragmatizmus (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer) · sh прагматѝзам (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) · hi प्रयोजनवाद (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer) · es pragmatismo (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones) · tr pragmatizm (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer) · la prāgmatismus (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) · ga réadúlacht (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones) · hi अर्थक्रियावाद (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer) · de Pragmatismus (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) · nl pragmatisme (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) · ru прагмати́зм (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) · id pragmatisme (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer) · nl pragmatisme (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer) · it pragmatismo (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer) · ro pragmatism (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) · lt pragmatika (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer) · lt pragmatika (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) · uk прагмати́зм (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) · gl pragmatismo (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer) · lt pragmatika (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones) · ar بْرَاغْمَاتِيَّة (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) · ar بْرَاغْمَاتِيَّة (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones) · tr yararcılık (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer) · ru прагмати́зм (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones) · gl pragmatismo (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) · ca pragmatisme (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer) · de Pragmatismus (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer) · fi pragmaattisuus (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) · fi pragmatismi (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) · fi pragmatismi (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer) · id pragmatisme (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones) · uk прагмати́зм (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones) · la prāgmatismus (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones) · es pragmatismo (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer) · cmn 實用主義 /实用主义 (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) · pt pragmatismo (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer) · ar بْرَاغْمَاتِيَّة (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer) · pt pragmatismo (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) · ro pragmatism (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones) · fr pragmatisme (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) · sh pragmatìzam (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) · ro pragmatism (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer) · ru прагмати́зм (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer) · tr faydacılık (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer)