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PRAGMATIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pragmatist mean? 

PRAGMATIST (noun)
  The noun PRAGMATIST has 2 senses:

1. an adherent of philosophical pragmatismplay

2. a person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of her actionsplay

  Familiarity information: PRAGMATIST used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRAGMATIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An adherent of philosophical pragmatism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("pragmatist" is a kind of...):

realist (a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them)

Derivation:

pragmatism (the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth)

pragmatism ((philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of her actions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("pragmatist" is a kind of...):

realist (a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly)

Derivation:

pragmatism (the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth)


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