pragmatism

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value
noun the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth

From Ancient Greek stem of πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “act”) + -ism.

THE MEANING OF TRUTH; A SEQUEL TO "PRAGMATISM." — The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy, William James
Unfortunately, we as trust- ing Americans, have allowed a complacency to overshadow prudent pragmatism. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
He was an empiricist, with a touch of pragmatism--though he did not know it. — By Advice of Counsel, Arthur Cheney Train

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