transcription, транскрипция: [ prag-ˈma-tik ]
adjective
also prag·mat·i·cal -ti-kəl
Etymology: Latin pragmaticus skilled in law or business, from Greek pragmatikos, from pragmat-, pragma deed, from prassein to do — more at practical
Date: 1616
1. archaic
a.
(1) : busy
(2) : officious
b. : opinionated
2. : relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic
pragmatic men of power have had no time or inclination to deal with…social morality — K. B. Clark
3. : relating to or being in accordance with philosophical pragmatism
• pragmatic noun
• prag·mat·i·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb