pragmatism
noun
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Sense 1 noun
(philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value
Types & categories
- philosophical doctrine hypernym
- instrumentalism hyponym
Related & opposite
- pragmatist derivation
- pragmatical derivation
- philosophy domain topic
Sense 2 noun
the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
Types & categories
- practicality hypernym
Related & opposite
- pragmatist derivation
- pragmatist derivation
- realist derivation
- realist derivation
- pragmatic derivation
- hard-nosed derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pragmatist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pragmatical |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | philosophy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | philosophical doctrine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | instrumentalism |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pragmatist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pragmatist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | realist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | realist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pragmatic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hard-nosed |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | practicality |