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adj. Dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; practical.

adj. Philosophy Of or relating to pragmatism.

adj. Relating to or being the study of cause and effect in historical or political events with emphasis on the practical lessons to be learned from them.

adj. Archaic Active; busy.

adj. Archaic Active in an officious or meddlesome way.

adj. Archaic Dogmatic; dictatorial.

n. A pragmatic sanction.

n. Archaic A meddler; a busybody.

adj. Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory

adj. Of or pertaining to business or to affairs; of the nature of business; practical; material; businesslike in habit or manner.

adj. Busy; specifically, busy in an objectionable way; officious; fussy and positive; meddlesome.

adj. Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances; -- said of literature.

n. One skilled in affairs.

n. A solemn public ordinance or decree.

Relating to civil affairs; relating or pertaining to the affairs of a community. See pragmatic sanction, below.

Same as pragmatical, in any sense.

In the Kantian philos, practical in a particular way—namely, having reference to happiness.—

n. A man of business; one who is versed or active in affairs.

n. A busybody; a meddlesome person.

n. A decree or ordinance issued by the head of a state.

n. A term used (by Kant) to denote rules of action (otherwise denominated ‘counsels of prudence’) which have to do with the attainment of happiness. As used by him, it is antithetic to the term ‘practical,’ which refers to principles of action (otherwise called ‘categorical imperatives’) which have to do with the attainment of virtue.

n. Having to do with pragmatism as a philosophy: as, the pragmatic movement; pragmatic thought. See pragmatism, 3.

adj. concerned with practical matters

adj. guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory

n. an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land

adj. of or concerning the theory of pragmatism

"On a good day, I consider myself a centrist (though I prefer the term pragmatic liberal), so I've been more willing than most to hear arguments about making compromises, reaching across the aisle, and taking a short term loss for a long term gain."

practical    realistic    pragmatical   

imperial decree   

pragmatic method    pragmatic sanction   

practical    material    busy    officious    meddlesome   

Adriatic    Asiatic    Attic    Charismatic    Democratic   

ethical    empirical    strategic    subjective    realistic