different between utilitarian vs pragmatism

English

Etymology

From utility +? -arian, Coined by English philosopher Jeremy Bentham as early as 1781, and popularized by his student John Stuart Mill, who mistakenly attributed the term to John Galt.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ju??t?l??t???i.?n/
• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ju?t?l??t??i.?n/

Adjective

utilitarian (comparative more utilitarian, superlative most utilitarian)

1. of or relating to utility
2. (ethics) pertaining to utilitarianism
3. practical and functional, present for use, not just for show.

Translations

Noun

utilitarian (plural utilitarians)

1. Someone who practices or advocates utilitarianism.

Translations

Derived terms

• utilitarianism
• futilitarianism
• utilitarianly

Further reading

• "utilitarian" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 327.
• “utilitarian”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

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)

1. The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals.
2. (politics) The theory that political problems should be met with practical solutions rather than ideological ones.
3. (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.

4. 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)

1. pragmatism

Declension