Thesaurus: pragmatism

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1. n. The quality or state of being pragmatic; in literature, the pragmatic, or philosophical, method.
2. n. (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value
3. n. the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
4. The quality or state of being pragmatic; in literature, the pragmatic, or philosophical, method. The narration of this apparently trifling circumstance belongs to the pragmatism of the history. A. Murphy.
5. The quality or state of being pragmatic; in literature, thepragmatic, or philosophical, method.The narration of this apparently trifling circumstance belongs to thepragmatism of the history. A. Murphy.
6. n:100 n. (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value