Pragmatism
Pronunciation : Prag"ma*tism
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The quality or state of being pragmatic; in literature, the pragmatic, or philosophical, method. The narration of this apparently trifling circumstance belongs to the pragmatism of the history. A. Murphy.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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