Sunday, December 18, 2016

PRAGMATIST

WORD: PRAGMATIST

MEANING:
1. Philosophy A movement consisting of varying but associated theories, originally developed by Charles S. Peirce and William James and distinguished by the doctrine that the meaning of an idea or a proposition lies in its observable practical consequences.
2. A practical, matter-of-fact way of approaching or assessing situations or of solving problems.
3. realist, doer

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. As Trump mellows, Obama calls him non-ideological pragmatist

PRONOUNCE:
prag·ma·tism - प्रैग्मटिस्ट

LINK: PRAGMATIST

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