pragmatism Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value
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noun the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
realism.
WordNet
Prag"ma*tism noun
Definitions
The quality or state of being pragmatic; in literature, the pragmatic, or philosophical, method. The narration of this apparently trifling circumstance belongs to the pragmatism of the history. A. Murphy.