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Pragmatism - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Pragmatism : (noun)
1: (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are
the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value
2: the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring
practicality and literal truth [syn: realism]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Pragmatism : \Prag"ma*tism\, n.
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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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