utilitarian
பயனை
definition
noun
Assigning particular rights to people may be a way to promote wellbeing, and when it is, utilitarians favour doing it.
an adherent of utilitarianism.
adjective
Department stores do stock lots of bras in ‘plus’ sizes, but they tend to be ugly, utilitarian and practical bras designed for an older clientele.
designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive.
a utilitarian theorist
of, relating to, or adhering to the doctrine of utilitarianism.
translation of 'utilitarian'
பயனைக் குறிக்கோளாகக் கொண்ட,
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example
But does a democracy really have to choose to build brutish, dull, 'utilitarian' buildings when building for itself?
Department stores do stock lots of bras in ‘plus’ sizes, but they tend to be ugly, 'utilitarian' and practical bras designed for an older clientele.
The building, whose economical and 'utilitarian' design gives it an imposing solidarity, is still there, situated about 300 metres from the Bosphorus shoreline.
The buildings are 'utilitarian' in nature, although they come with efficient, and some would say essential, air-conditioning.
In England, the 'utilitarian' doctrine of a higher public good trumped the idea of intellectual property rooted in natural right.
I imagined that a broadly 'utilitarian' approach to ethics was fairly standard these days.
It is a shopping centre, not Salisbury Cathedral, and it is always going to be a 'utilitarian' building.
The original farmhouse was a 'utilitarian' building without much molding or other decoration.
Modern philosophers tend to take a more 'utilitarian' position.
The scrapers seem to have functioned primarily as 'utilitarian' items rather than prestige items.
He made a lasting contribution to moral and political philosophy by attacking the prevailing materialism and empiricism of 'utilitarian' thinkers.
They looked merely 'utilitarian' and sensibly designed.
These traditions provide inspiration at every level - from the design of the most 'utilitarian' objects to fine art.
Grips on any handgun can be works of art or strictly 'utilitarian' objects that fulfill a need.
It said the battle to save the building was lost and the site was now to be covered by flats of a 'utilitarian' design.
She wore 'utilitarian' working clothes, rather than the traditional blouse and skirt.
Surprising though, is the toned down and rather 'utilitarian' look and shape of the accessories.
His sculptures misbehave, they defy convention, they turn 'utilitarian' objects and practical actions into outlandish things involving wonder and humor.
Stoneware was the basic ceramic ware for 'utilitarian' objects in the nineteenth century.
It's a plain, 'utilitarian' stick that does its job without calling attention to itself.
Craftsmen survived in a variety of way: by producing souvenirs rather than 'utilitarian' objects.
The cars handle well, offering a little fun to go with their high quality and 'utilitarian' design.
They used these simple stacked facades for unpretentious 'utilitarian' buildings; the repeated detail lent itself to prefabrication.
I can make both moral and 'utilitarian' arguments for the classical liberal worldview.
For those unable to afford elaborately carved items or high-quality cabinetry, there was nevertheless much practical, 'utilitarian' furniture.
The morality of actions for 'utilitarians' was only to be judged according to their impact on the overall wellbeing or happiness of society, not the pain experienced by one group of individuals.
The 'utilitarians' , who were also known as Philosophical Radicals, believed in a rather simple social formula: reduce pain and increase pleasure.
It is no accident then, that the 'utilitarians' were often called philosophical radicals.
While it is quite clear that Adam Smith and the later 'utilitarians' did accept a general principle of equality, they never argued that all individuals actually do make rational decisions.
Assigning particular rights to people may be a way to promote wellbeing, and when it is, 'utilitarians' favour doing it.
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