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PRAGMATICAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Concerned with practical matters

Example:

a matter-of-fact account of the trip

Synonyms:

matter-of-fact; pragmatic; pragmatical

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

practical (concerned with actual use or practice)

Derivation:

pragmatism (the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or concerning the theory of pragmatism

Synonyms:

pragmatic; pragmatical

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

pragmatism ((philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value)

Derivation:

pragmatism ((philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value)

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