Pragmatic
adjective
Doing things in a way that is practical and realistic, not by following ideals or theories.
A pragmatic approach to politics is often more successful.
Often appears as...
- pragmatic approach
- pragmatic solution
adjective
Relating to the use of practical methods to solve problems or make decisions.
She has a pragmatic approach to deal with the crisis.
Often appears as...
- pragmatic attitude
- pragmatic way
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Academic
adjective
Concerned with the practical aspects of theories and ideas.
Pragmatic theory suggests that the value of an idea is determined by its usefulness in practical application.
Often appears as...
- pragmatic theory
- pragmatic philosophy
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Formal
Academic
adjective
Doing things in a way that is practical and realistic, not by following ideals or theories.
A pragmatic approach to politics is often more successful.
Often appears as...
- pragmatic approach
- pragmatic solution
adjective
Relating to the use of practical methods to solve problems or make decisions.
She has a pragmatic approach to deal with the crisis.
Often appears as...
- pragmatic attitude
- pragmatic way
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Concerned with the practical aspects of theories and ideas.
Pragmatic theory suggests that the value of an idea is determined by its usefulness in practical application.
Often appears as...
- pragmatic theory
- pragmatic philosophy
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Problem Solving
Use 'pragmatic' to describe a person or method that effectively solves problems.
His pragmatic way of fixing the car saved us money.
Pro Tip 2/2Real-World Results
It implies focusing on the actual results or effects in real-life scenarios.
They took a pragmatic stance to increase sales.
Pro Tip 1/2Problem Solving
Use 'pragmatic' to describe a person or method that effectively solves problems.
His pragmatic way of fixing the car saved us money.
Pro Tip 2/2Real-World Results
It implies focusing on the actual results or effects in real-life scenarios.
They took a pragmatic stance to increase sales.
Pro Tip 1/2Problem Solving
Use 'pragmatic' to describe a person or method that effectively solves problems.
His pragmatic way of fixing the car saved us money.
Pro Tip 2/2Real-World Results
It implies focusing on the actual results or effects in real-life scenarios.
They took a pragmatic stance to increase sales.
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Why do we sleep? PIPE...
What I started by saying Take sleep seriously. Our attitudes toward sleep are so very different from a pre-industrial age, when we were almost wrapped in a duvet. We used to understand intuitively the importance of sleep. And this isn't some sort of crystal-waving nonsense. This is a pragmatic response to good health.
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The perks of being a...
might seem like a significant undertaking -- and believe me, it very much was, in the short term -- it was nonetheless having a positive effect on the way that I approached everything else in my life. Not only did it transform my ability to problem-solve, but I also felt I became more pragmatic,
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How generational...
They're incredibly pragmatic, they're hopeful and they're determined. They think they're going to change the world, in fact, I believe they're going to do it. They might be a little bit idealistic sometimes, but in just the last several years, we've seen millennials overtake Generation X
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Can you solve the egg...
but each floor's egg is more rare and valuable than the one below it. While the thief would naturally like to take the priceless egg at the top, she suspects it won't survive a 100-story drop. Being pragmatic, she decides to settle for the most expensive egg she can get.
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Is social activism the...
ones who had developed world got a trophy just for showing up what gives me hope is there not like that at all this is the most highly educated highly optimistic pragmatic group of people the world has ever seen but you know what they're not protesting
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Tim Brown: Tales of...
So we have the finger blasters. Other people have dinosaurs, you know. Why do we have them? Well, as I said, we have them because we think maybe playfulness is important. But why is it important? We use it in a pretty pragmatic way, to be honest.
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Young-ha Kim: Be an...
Art is the ultimate goal. It saves our souls and makes us live happily. It helps us express ourselves and be happy without the help of alcohol or drugs. So in response to such a pragmatic question, we need to be bold.
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How we must respond to...
and so very likely, there aren't as many of these infecting asymptomatics. And that's why you have to be pragmatic. There's a lot we don't know. For example, seasonality may help us in the Northern Hemisphere,
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The wicked wit of Jane...
Instead of lofty love stories, her characters act naturally, and often awkwardly. They trade pragmatic advice, friendly jokes and not-so-friendly barbs about their arrogant peers.
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Can We Stop Millions of...
work that we've been doing it doesn't matter where on the scale of pragmatic to idealistic you fall there are reasons to protect bird our future our lives are
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Why do we sleep? PIPE...
What I started by saying Take sleep seriously. Our attitudes toward sleep are so very different from a pre-industrial age, when we were almost wrapped in a duvet. We used to understand intuitively the importance of sleep. And this isn't some sort of crystal-waving nonsense. This is a pragmatic response to good health.
Video examples
The perks of being a...
might seem like a significant undertaking -- and believe me, it very much was, in the short term -- it was nonetheless having a positive effect on the way that I approached everything else in my life. Not only did it transform my ability to problem-solve, but I also felt I became more pragmatic,
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How generational...
They're incredibly pragmatic, they're hopeful and they're determined. They think they're going to change the world, in fact, I believe they're going to do it. They might be a little bit idealistic sometimes, but in just the last several years, we've seen millennials overtake Generation X
Video examples
Can you solve the egg...
but each floor's egg is more rare and valuable than the one below it. While the thief would naturally like to take the priceless egg at the top, she suspects it won't survive a 100-story drop. Being pragmatic, she decides to settle for the most expensive egg she can get.
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Is social activism the...
ones who had developed world got a trophy just for showing up what gives me hope is there not like that at all this is the most highly educated highly optimistic pragmatic group of people the world has ever seen but you know what they're not protesting
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Tim Brown: Tales of...
So we have the finger blasters. Other people have dinosaurs, you know. Why do we have them? Well, as I said, we have them because we think maybe playfulness is important. But why is it important? We use it in a pretty pragmatic way, to be honest.
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Young-ha Kim: Be an...
Art is the ultimate goal. It saves our souls and makes us live happily. It helps us express ourselves and be happy without the help of alcohol or drugs. So in response to such a pragmatic question, we need to be bold.
Video examples
How we must respond to...
and so very likely, there aren't as many of these infecting asymptomatics. And that's why you have to be pragmatic. There's a lot we don't know. For example, seasonality may help us in the Northern Hemisphere,
Video examples
The wicked wit of Jane...
Instead of lofty love stories, her characters act naturally, and often awkwardly. They trade pragmatic advice, friendly jokes and not-so-friendly barbs about their arrogant peers.
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Can We Stop Millions of...
work that we've been doing it doesn't matter where on the scale of pragmatic to idealistic you fall there are reasons to protect bird our future our lives are
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Alber Elbaz
Israeli Designer
Commercial' is not the word that has to be said only by CEOs. It has to be something that is maybe the essence of design, because design has some sort of art in it and creation, but it's also some object that you have to use. There is also this pragmatic end to it.
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Margaret Hoover
American Author
The key to winning millennials is to stick to pragmatic solutions issue by issue. The millennial generation is characterized partly by their desire to see the system work - and they get that this system isn't working. But they also want to be part of the solution.
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Mark Zuckerberg
American Businessman
It's really easy to have a nice philosophy about openness, but moving the world in that direction is a different thing. It requires both understanding where you want to go and being pragmatic about getting there.
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Lisa Kennedy Montgomery
American Author
There are libertarians who are survivalists, who live in the middle of nowhere and who are ready for the world to end. And then there are pragmatists, and I would consider myself to be a pretty pragmatic person.
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Jane Goldman
English Writer
If you're writing a novel, you can afford to see where the spirit takes you, but in terms of structure and engineering with a screenplay, you have to be quite pragmatic; otherwise, it will run away from you.
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Amy Adams
American Actress
I tend to be really pragmatic, but ultimately tend to be attracted to people who pull me into more spontaneity. I've really learned that, through surrender, the best experiences of my life have happened.
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Twinkle Khanna
Indian Businesswoman
I think you have to be pragmatic to the approach of life and brutally honest with yourself. We all are here to do something, and it is important to understand our potential first.
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Martin Freeman
English Actor
I'm afraid I don't have a very pragmatic or unromantic view of props. I don't imbue them with any great sense of mystery or anything.
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Michael McElhatton
Irish Actor
Roose is a very cold, pragmatic guy, and he's a survivor. He makes choices based on that, and friendship goes out the window.
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Amal Clooney
Lebanese Activist
Protecting free speech is not only a matter of principle, it is also pragmatic.
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Alber Elbaz
Israeli Designer
Commercial' is not the word that has to be said only by CEOs. It has to be something that is maybe the essence of design, because design has some sort of art in it and creation, but it's also some object that you have to use. There is also this pragmatic end to it.
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Margaret Hoover
American Author
The key to winning millennials is to stick to pragmatic solutions issue by issue. The millennial generation is characterized partly by their desire to see the system work - and they get that this system isn't working. But they also want to be part of the solution.
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Mark Zuckerberg
American Businessman
It's really easy to have a nice philosophy about openness, but moving the world in that direction is a different thing. It requires both understanding where you want to go and being pragmatic about getting there.
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Lisa Kennedy Montgomery
American Author
There are libertarians who are survivalists, who live in the middle of nowhere and who are ready for the world to end. And then there are pragmatists, and I would consider myself to be a pretty pragmatic person.
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Jane Goldman
English Writer
If you're writing a novel, you can afford to see where the spirit takes you, but in terms of structure and engineering with a screenplay, you have to be quite pragmatic; otherwise, it will run away from you.
Quote examples
Amy Adams
American Actress
I tend to be really pragmatic, but ultimately tend to be attracted to people who pull me into more spontaneity. I've really learned that, through surrender, the best experiences of my life have happened.
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Twinkle Khanna
Indian Businesswoman
I think you have to be pragmatic to the approach of life and brutally honest with yourself. We all are here to do something, and it is important to understand our potential first.
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Martin Freeman
English Actor
I'm afraid I don't have a very pragmatic or unromantic view of props. I don't imbue them with any great sense of mystery or anything.
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Michael McElhatton
Irish Actor
Roose is a very cold, pragmatic guy, and he's a survivor. He makes choices based on that, and friendship goes out the window.
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Amal Clooney
Lebanese Activist
Protecting free speech is not only a matter of principle, it is also pragmatic.
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