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pragmatist

One who acts in a practical or straightforward manner; one who is pragmatic; one who values practicality or pragmatism.
One who acts in response to particular situations rather than upon abstract ideals; one who is willing to ignore their ideals to accomplish goals.
One who belongs to the philosophic school of pragmatism; one who holds that the meaning of beliefs are the actions they entail, and that the truth of those beliefs consist in the actions they entail successfully leading a believer to their goals.
(politics) An advocate of pragmatism.
One who studies pragmatics.
Synonyms:

“He was a realist, a pragmatist who saw little sense in advocating all-out attack if there were no players to execute it.”

pragmatism

The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals.
(politics) The theory that political problems should be met with practical solutions rather than ideological ones.
(philosophy) The idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer, and the truth of beliefs with success of those actions in securing a believer's goals; the doctrine that ideas must be looked at in terms of their practical effects and consequences.
Synonyms:

“He maintained that his position was one of pragmatism rather than principle.”

“This pragmatism continues to inform Republicanism today, giving it the debt-laden, welfarist character Sullivan rails against.”

“Ah, how the heady idealism of youth is dashed upon the rocks of the pragmatism of adulthood.”

pragmaticism

A Peircean philosophy based on strict logic, the immutability of truth, the reality of infinity, and the difference between (i) actively willing to control thought, to doubt, to weigh reasons, and (ii) willing not to exert the will, willing to believe.
Examples:

“Many components of Leibniz's system, of Descartes' rationalism, and Peirce's pragmaticism can be mentioned.”

“Particularly interesting is the comparison between Peirce's pragmaticism and intuitionism, both of the general and the Browerian varieties.”

“If Poland chooses to ignore pragmaticism over romanticism, it would be at its own peril.”

pragmatics

“Recent studies of the pragmatics of politeness have drawn on conversational data.”

“He focused, so to speak, on the pragmatics of the signifier rather than on the vicissitudes of the signified.”

“On the contrary, syntax is indispensable for a pragmatic language and pragmatics is indispensable for a syntactic language.”

pragmaticalness

“I believe that a few of my readers will need a little light on the subject of pragmaticalness.”

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pragmatists

“Like the other small Gulf states such as Bahrain and Qatar, the Emiratis are realists and pragmatists, both politically and economically.”

“Japan's leaders are neither doves nor hawks but pragmatists, for whom economic and military security are equally important.”

“And the heroes of these films are nearly always pragmatists, the middle ground between the emotionalists and cold rationalists around them.”

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