Usually means: Practical approach to solving problems.
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  1. pragmatism: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pragmatism: Merriam-Webster
  3. pragmatism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pragmatism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pragmatism: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pragmatism: Vocabulary.com
  7. Pragmatism, pragmatism: Wordnik
  8. pragmatism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. pragmatism: Wiktionary
  10. pragmatism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. pragmatism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. pragmatism: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. pragmatism: Dictionary.com
  14. Pragmatism (disambiguation), Pragmatism (philosophy), Pragmatism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Pragmatism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. pragmatism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  18. Pragmatism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. pragmatism: FreeDictionary.org
  20. pragmatism: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. pragmatism: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. pragmatism: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
  2. Pragmatism: Eastern Philosophy
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  1. pragmatism: Legal dictionary

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  1. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)
  2. pragmatism: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  3. Pragmatism: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Pragmatism: Catholic Encyclopedia
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Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

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  1. pragmatism: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals.
noun:  The habit of interfering in other people's affairs; meddlesomeness.
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.
noun:  (politics) The theory that political problems should be met with practical solutions rather than ideological ones.

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