pragmatism
NounSynonyms:
realism
WordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value
- the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truthSynonyms: realism
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Webster's Dictionary (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]