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pragmatic
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)
- 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).
- 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:
- Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances; said of literature.
- 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)
- A man of business.
- A busybody.
- 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)
- pragmatic
Declension
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egoistic
English
Alternative forms
- egoïstic
Etymology
From egoist +? -ic.
Adjective
egoistic (comparative more egoistic, superlative most egoistic)
- Egoistical.
Antonyms
- Antonyms: altruistic, philanthropic
Derived terms
- egoistical
Related terms
- egoism
- egoist
Translations
See also
- misanthrope
- selfish
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