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1. a. Of or pertaining to utility; consisting in utility; /iming at utility as distinguished from beauty, ornament, etc.; sometimes, reproachfully, evincing, or characterized by, a regard for utility of a lower kind, or marked by a sordid spirit; as, utilitarian narrowness; a utilitarian indifference to art.
2. a. Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the Utilitarian Society.
3. n. One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism.
4. adj. having a useful function
5. adj. having utility often to the exclusion of values
6. n. someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility
7. 1. Of or pertaining to utility; consisting in utility; as, utilitarian narrowness; a utilitarian indifference to art. 2. Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the Utilitarian Society. J. S. Mill. One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism. The utilitarians are for merging all the particular virtues into one, and would substitute in their place the greatest usefulness, as the alone principle to which every question respecting the morality of actions should be referred. Chalmers. But what is a utilitarian Simply one who prefers the useful to the useless; and who does not Sir W. Hamilton.
8. One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism.The utilitarians are for merging all the particular virtues into one,and would substitute in their place the greatest usefulness, as thealone principle to which every question respecting the morality ofactions should be referred. Chalmers.But what is a utilitarian Simply one who prefers the useful to theuseless; and who does not Sir W. Hamilton.
9. j:97/n:3 n. someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility s. having a useful function s. having utility often to the exclusion of values