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Main Entry: prag·mat·ic
Pronunciation: prag-'ma-tik
Variant(s): also prag·mat·i·cal /-ti-k&l/
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin pragmaticus skilled in law or business, from Greek pragmatikos, from pragmat-, pragma deed, from prassein to do -- more at PRACTICAL
1 archaic a (1) : BUSY (2) : OFFICIOUS b : OPINIONATED
2 : relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic <pragmatic men of power have had no time or inclination to deal with...social morality -- K. B. Clark>
3 : relating to or being in accordance with philosophical pragmatism
- pragmatic noun
- prag·mat·i·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb