PRAGMATIC


Meaning of PRAGMATIC in English

adj.1 dealing with matters with regard to their practical requirements or consequences.

2 treating the facts of history with reference to their practical lessons.

3 hist. of or relating to the affairs of a State.

4 (also pragmatical) a concerning pragmatism. b meddlesome. c dogmatic.

Phrases and idioms:

pragmatic sanction hist. an imperial or royal ordinance issued as a fundamental law, esp. regarding a question of royal succession.

Derivatives:

pragmaticality n. pragmatically adv.

Etymology: LL pragmaticus f. Gk pragmatikos f. pragma -matos deed

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.