pragmatism
/ˈpræɡməˌtɪzəm/
noun
- A practical way of thinking or dealing with problems, focusing on what works rather than on ideas or theories.
- Her pragmatism led her to choose the most efficient solution, even if it wasn't the most elegant.
- In business, pragmatism often means choosing the option that gets results quickly.
- The mayor's pragmatism helped the city solve its budget crisis without cutting essential services.
- A philosophical movement that holds that the truth or meaning of an idea depends on its practical consequences.
- The professor's lecture on pragmatism explained how ideas are tools for solving problems.
- Pragmatism as a philosophy was developed by Charles Sanders Peirce and William James.
- According to pragmatism, a belief is true if it works in practice.
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