pragmatist

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun an adherent of philosophical pragmatism
noun a person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of her actions

From Ancient Greek πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “thing”).

And we would like very much for someone such as yourself, a pragmatist, to be involved. — The Samurai Strategy, Thomas Hoover
William James figured there as well as “Weary Willie,” and pragmatists alternated with pugilists in the long procession of its portraits. — The wisdom of Father Brown, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
He was not, to use the vicar's words, "a keen churchman," being on the whole an optimistic pragmatist rather than a devotee of dogma. — The Gay Adventure: A Romance, Richard Bird

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