pragmatic definition - Dictionary

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prag·mat·ic [ prag máttik ]

adjective

Definition:

1. concerned with practical results: more concerned with practical results than with theories and principles

2. philosophy relating to philosophical pragmatism: relating to or characteristic of philosophical pragmatism

3. linguistics relating to pragmatics: relating or belonging to pragmatics

4. learning lessons from history: relating to or analyzing the events of history with emphasis on the lessons that can be learned from them

5. politics political: relating to affairs of state ( formal )

[Late 16th century. Via late Latin< Greek pragmatikos< pragma "deed, action"]

prag·mat·i·cal·i·ty [ prag màttə kállətee ] noun

prag·mat·i·cal·ly [ prag máttikəlee ] adverb