Meaning & use
pragmatism
An approach to problems and decisions that emphasizes practical results over strict theory or principle.
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The mayor's pragmatism led her to compromise rather than stick to ideology.
Pragmatism guided the engineers to choose the cheapest workable design.
A note on using this word
Pragmatism is also the name of a philosophical tradition that judges ideas by their practical consequences.
Words with a similar meaning
practicality
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