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Antonyms for pragmatic

Grammar : Adj
Spell : prag-mat-ik
Phonetic Transcription : prægˈmæt ɪk

Definition of pragmatic

Origin :
  • 1610s, "meddlesome, impertinently busy," short for earlier pragmatical, or else from Middle French pragmatique (15c.), from Latin pragmaticus "skilled in business or law," from Greek pragmatikos "fit for business, active, business-like; systematic," from pragma (genitive pragmatos) "a deed, act; that which has been done; a thing, matter, affair," especially an important one; also a euphemism for something bad or disgraceful; in plural, "circumstances, affairs" (public or private), often in a bad sense, "trouble," literally "a thing done," from stem of prassein/prattein "to do, act, perform" (see practical). Meaning "matter-of-fact" is from 1853. In some later senses from German pragmatisch.
  • adj sensible
Example sentences :
  • The Pragmatic Sanction was still observed as the law of the land.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird
  • "The pragmatic engineering approach, I imagine," Stanton said.
  • Extract from : « Anything You Can Do ... » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Genetic continuity is a background for pragmatic discontinuity.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • The structure of the army embodied the structure of the pragmatic framework.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • The pragmatic thought is, nevertheless, inherent in any sign process.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • Peirce's pragmatic perspective was extracted from his writings.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • There will be no right or wrong answer that is not proven so by the pragmatic instance.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • The Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges embraces twenty-three articles.
  • Extract from : « The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 » by Various
  • Britannic Majesty has not been successful with his Pragmatic Army.
  • Extract from : « History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XIV. (of XXI.) » by Thomas Carlyle
  • We need not raise the question of the pragmatic value of the problem.
  • Extract from : « Philosophy and The Social Problem » by Will Durant

Synonyms for pragmatic

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