Associations to the word «Pragmatism»

Wiktionary

PRAGMATISM, noun. The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals.
PRAGMATISM, noun. (politics) The theory that political problems should be met with practical solutions rather than ideological ones.
PRAGMATISM, noun. (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.

Dictionary definition

PRAGMATISM, noun. (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value.
PRAGMATISM, noun. The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky