pragmatic
ਵਿਹਾਰਕ
definition
adjective
a pragmatic approach to politics
dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.
example
As a philosopher, he was known for offering a commonsense, 'pragmatic' approach to those theoretical issues that he knew required clarity.
This policy was based on two 'pragmatic' considerations, and no guerilla organisation would overlook these.
The whirlwind tour was meant to humanize the low-cost leviathan so often depicted as self-serving and ruthlessly 'pragmatic' .
The Democrats decided they needed a different, more 'pragmatic' approach in order to win.
The contextualist / 'pragmatic' outlook provokes anxieties of its own.
Furthermore, they generate the same 'pragmatic' implicatures.
They are doing the right thing for once, so I'm not going to knock them because their reasons are 'pragmatic' rather than ideological.
He was highly practical and would come up with 'pragmatic' solutions on various issues.
But some 'pragmatic' strategists fear that his voting record in Congress may be a bit too liberal.
Or maybe he was never as 'pragmatic' as I had given him credit for being.
Thus his apparent liberality on this question rested on 'pragmatic' considerations rather than on principle.
Another aspect to this 'pragmatic' understanding of American federalism is apparent in times of national crisis.
Would not a semantically empty text, keeping only the 'pragmatic' skeleton of a conventional letter, aptly embody the artificiality of such letters?
I discuss in relation to cross-cultural spoken and written data two such features, and argue that they may well lead to some form of 'pragmatic' failure.
Certain civil servants were advocating a more 'pragmatic' approach to the situation, however.
Indeed, for a 'pragmatic' libertarian, the political landscape out there is pretty depressing at the moment.
All three authors point out that as a composer Stravinsky was very 'pragmatic' .
He saw the 'pragmatic' account of meaning as a method for clearing up metaphysics and aiding scientific inquiry.
But for all his intellectual gifts, his kingship was essentially 'pragmatic' .
This leaves us with the realists, who come across as sensible, 'pragmatic' moderates.
All 'pragmatic' or practical considerations have been set aside: the only question at issue is whether his beliefs about the world are true.
Nationalist fundamentalism as a basis for French policy gave way to 'pragmatic' intergovernmentalism.
But these 'pragmatic' matters have nothing to do with fundamental determinism.
The upshot of this point of view is an activist or 'pragmatic' conception of mind and knowledge.
This is how what linguists term 'pragmatic' markers have arisen in languages worldwide.
He praised the practical and 'pragmatic' approach of the college in developing a curriculum of courses designed to help students get on in the workplace.
Some Pascalians propose combining 'pragmatic' and epistemic factors in a two-stage process.
I know I am recommending a 'pragmatic' rather than a principled stand, but that is what national interest and foreign policy is all about.
The lesson has certainly helped me rethink my politics and become more 'pragmatic' and realistic in terms of our own struggle.
As I read history, most of the founders were sensible and 'pragmatic' men rather than visionary idealists.
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