different between idealistic vs pragmatism
idealistic
English
Etymology
From idealist +? -ic or ideal +? -istic.
Adjective
idealistic (comparative more idealistic, superlative most idealistic)
- Of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism.
Translations
References
- idealistic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- idealistic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- calidities, disilicate, italicised
Romanian
Etymology
idealist +? -ic
Adjective
idealistic m or n (feminine singular idealistic?, masculine plural idealistici, feminine and neuter plural idealistice)
- idealistic
Declension
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pragmatism
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek stem of ?????? (prâgma, “act”) + -ism.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?æ?m?t?z?m/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p?a?m?t?z?m/
Noun
pragmatism (countable and uncountable, plural pragmatisms)
- The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals.
- (politics) The theory that political problems should be met with practical solutions rather than ideological ones.
- (philosophy) 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.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 378:
- Our conception of these practical consequences is for us the whole of our conception of the object [...] This is the principle of Peirce, the principle of pragmatism.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 378:
- The habit of interfering in other people's affairs; meddlesomeness.
Antonyms
- idealism
- contemplation
Related terms
- pragmatic
- pragmatically
- pragmatist
Translations
Romanian
Etymology
From French pragmatisme
Noun
pragmatism n (uncountable)
- pragmatism
Declension
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- pragmatism what to teach
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