different between individualist vs pragmatist

English

Etymology

individual +? -ist

Noun

individualist (plural individualists)

1. Someone who believes in individualism as a sociopolitical system.
2. Someone who believes in the philosophy of individualism; a solipsist.
3. Someone who does as they wish, unconstrained by external influences.

Synonyms

• (someone who does as they wish): free spirit, heteroclite, nonconformist; see also Thesaurus:maverick

Related terms

• individualistic

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French individualiste.

Adjective

individualist m or n (feminine singular individualist?, masculine plural individuali?ti, feminine and neuter plural individualiste)

1. individualistic

Declension

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (prâgma, “thing”).

Noun

pragmatist (plural pragmatists)

1. One who acts in a practical or straightforward manner; one who is pragmatic; one who values practicality or pragmatism.

   A pragmatist would never plant such a messy tree, but I like its flowers.

2. One who acts in response to particular situations rather than upon abstract ideals; one who is willing to ignore their ideals to accomplish goals.

   I'm not a thief, I am a pragmatist. I need this bread to feed my family.

   We cannot trust him not to lie for his own gain: he's an opportunist and a pragmatist.

3. One who belongs to the philosophic school of pragmatism; one who holds that the meaning of beliefs are the actions they entail, and that the truth of those beliefs consist in the actions they entail successfully leading a believer to their goals.
   • 2007, John Lachs and Robert Talisse, American Philosophy: An Encyclopedia, p. 310.

     [S]ome pragmatists (such as William James) took a more pantheist or pandeist approach by rejecting views of God as separate from the world.

4. (politics) An advocate of pragmatism.
5. (linguistics) one who studies pragmatics.

Translations

Related terms

• pragma
• pragmatically
• pragmatics
• pragmatism

Adjective

pragmatist (comparative more pragmatist, superlative most pragmatist)

1. (politics) Advocating pragmatism.

   • Historians also suggest that Roosevelt was a pragmatist in foreign affairs, in that his policies were determined by practical consequences rather than by any philosophy.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pragmatisme.

Noun

pragmatist m (plural pragmati?ti)

1. pragmatist

Declension

Related terms

• pragmatic
• pragmatism