'Pragmatism' definitions:
Definition of 'pragmatism'
(from WordNet)
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 [syn: realism, pragmatism]
Definition of 'Pragmatism'
From: GCIDE
- Pragmatism \Prag"ma*tism\, n. The quality or state of being pragmatic; in literature, the pragmatic, or philosophical, method. [1913 Webster]
- The narration of this apparently trifling circumstance belongs to the pragmatism of the history. --A. Murphy. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pragmatism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animalism,
- atomism,
- behaviorism,
- commonsense realism,
- control,
- control experiment,
- controlled experiment,
- cut and try,
- dialectical materialism,
- down-to-earthness,
- earthiness,
- earthliness,
- empiricism,
- epiphenomenalism,
- experiment,
- experimental design,
- experimental method,
- experimental proof,
- experimentalism,
- experimentation,
- freedom from illusion,
- functional design,
- functional furniture,
- functionalism,
- hardheadedness,
- historical materialism,
- hit and miss,
- hylomorphism,
- hylotheism,
- hylozoism,
- lack of feelings,
- Marxism,
- materialism,
- matter-of-factness,
- mechanism,
- natural realism,
- naturalism,
- new realism,
- noble experiment,
- physicalism,
- physicism,
- positive philosophy,
- positivism,
- practical-mindedness,
- practicality,
- practicalness,
- pragmaticism,
- R and D,
- rationality,
- realism,
- reasonableness,
- representative realism,
- research and development,
- rule of thumb,
- saneness,
- scientism,
- secularism,
- sensibleness,
- sober-mindedness,
- substantialism,
- temporality,
- tentative method,
- tentativeness,
- testing,
- trial,
- trial and error,
- trying,
- unidealism,
- unromanticalness,
- unsentimentality,
- utilitarianism,
- worldliness