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PRAGMATICAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pragmatical mean?
• PRAGMATICAL (adjective)
The adjective PRAGMATICAL has 2 senses:
1. of or concerning the theory of pragmatism
2. concerned with practical matters
Familiarity information: PRAGMATICAL used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or concerning the theory of pragmatism
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
pragmatic; pragmatical
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Concerned with practical matters
Synonyms:
matter-of-fact; pragmatic; pragmatical
Context example:
a matter-of-fact account of the trip
Similar:
practical (concerned with actual use or practice)
Derivation:
pragmatism (the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth)
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