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10 Language-to-English DictionariesPragmatism
/ˈpræɡ.mɪ.tɪ.zəm/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A approach that evaluates theories or beliefs in terms of the success of their practical application.
"His political pragmatism often outweighed his ideological principles."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek word 'pragma' meaning deed, affair, or action, via Late Latin and German 'Pragmatismus'. The term was popularized in the early 1870s by American philosophers Charles Sanders Peirce and William James to describe an approach that evaluates theories or beliefs in terms of the success of their practical application.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Pragmatism" is said worldwide
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pragmatisme
Transliteration: pragmatisme
"Le pragmatisme est souvent nécessaire en politique."
Pragmatismus
Transliteration: Pragmatismus
"Ihr Pragmatismus half dem Team, die Frist einzuhalten."
pragmatismo
Transliteration: pragmatismo
"Il pragmatismo guidò le sue decisioni aziendali."
pragmatismo
Transliteration: pragmatismo
"Demostró gran pragmatismo al resolver el problema."
pragmatismo
Transliteration: pragmatismo
"O pragmatismo é essencial para gerenciar crises."
व्यावहारिकता
Transliteration: vyavaharikata
"उनकी कार्यशैली में व्यावहारिकता स्पष्ट दिखाई देती है।"
实用主义
Transliteration: shíyòng zhǔyì
"他在处理危机时表现出了极大的实用主义。"
실용주의
Transliteration: silyongjuui
"그의 리더십은 실용주의에 바탕을 두고 있다."
実用主義
Transliteration: jitsuyō shugi
"彼女の政治姿勢には強い実用主義が見られる。"
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