different between ideologist vs pragmatic

English

Etymology

ideology +? -ist

Noun

ideologist (plural ideologists)

1. One who theorizes or idealizes; one who advocates the doctrines of ideology.

   Synonym: ideologue

Translations

References

• ideologist in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ideologist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Alternative forms

• pragmatick (archaic)
• pragmatique (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French pragmatique, from Late Latin pragmaticus (“relating to civil affair; in Latin, as a noun, a person versed in the law who furnished arguments and points to advocates and orators, a kind of attorney”), from Ancient Greek ??????????? (pragmatikós, “active, versed in affairs”), from ?????? (prâgma, “a thing done, a fact”), in plural ???????? (prágmata, “affairs, state affairs, public business, etc.”), from ?????? (práss?, “to do”) (whence English practical).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?æ??mæt?k/

Adjective

pragmatic (comparative more pragmatic, superlative most pragmatic)

1. Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory.

   The sturdy furniture in the student lounge was pragmatic, but unattractive.

   • Nor indeed are these restrictions pragmatic in nature: i.e. the ill-formedness of the heed-sentences in (60) is entirely different in kind from the oddity of sentences like:
     (61) !That man will eat any car which thinks he?s stupid
     which is purely pragmatic (i.e. lies in the fact that (61) describes the kind of bizarre situation which just doesn?t happen in the world we are familiar with, where cars don?t think, and people don?t eat cars).

2. Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances; said of literature.
3. Interfering in the affairs of others; officious; meddlesome.

Synonyms

• (practical): down-to-earth, functional, practical, utilitarian, realistic

Antonyms

• idealistic

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

pragmatic (plural pragmatics)

1. A man of business.
2. A busybody.
3. A public decree.

Further reading

• pragmatic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• pragmatic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• "pragmatic" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 240.

Romanian

Etymology

From French pragmatique.

Adjective

pragmatic m or n (feminine singular pragmatic?, masculine plural pragmatici, feminine and neuter plural pragmatice)

1. pragmatic

Declension