PRAGMATIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pragmatist mean? • PRAGMATIST (noun)
The noun PRAGMATIST has 2 senses:
1. an adherent of philosophical pragmatism
2. a person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of her actions
Familiarity information: PRAGMATIST used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PRAGMATIST (noun)
Meaning:
An adherent of philosophical pragmatism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("pragmatist" is a kind of...):
realist (a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them)
Meaning:
A person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of her actions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("pragmatist" is a kind of...):
realist (a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly)
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