Pragmatic
[præg'mætɪk]
Definition
(a.) Alt. of Pragmatical
(n.) One skilled in affairs.
(n.) A solemn public ordinance or decree.
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Definition
adj. of or pertaining to public business: skilled in affairs: active: practical: interfering with the affairs of others: officious: meddlesome: self-important.—n. Pragmat′ic a man of business a busybody: a public decree.—adv. Pragmat′ically.—ns. Pragmat′icalness Prag′matism activity: earnestness: meddlesomeness; Prag′matist.—Pragmatic method a method of treating events with reference to their causes conditions and results—also called Prag′matism; Pragmatic sanction a special decree issued by a sovereign such as that passed by the Emperor Charles VI. of Germany securing the crown to Maria Theresa and which led to the war so called in 1741.
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Examples
- This independency of the clergy of France upon the court of Rome seems to be principally founded upon the pragmatic sanction and the concordat. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The theory of the method of knowing which is advanced in these pages may be termed pragmatic. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typist: Tabitha