PRAGMATISM


Meaning of PRAGMATISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈprag-mə-ˌti-zəm ]

noun

Date: circa 1864

1. : a practical approach to problems and affairs

tried to strike a balance between principles and pragmatism

2. : an American movement in philosophy founded by C. S. Peirce and William James and marked by the doctrines that the meaning of conceptions is to be sought in their practical bearings, that the function of thought is to guide action, and that truth is preeminently to be tested by the practical consequences of belief

• prag·ma·tist -mə-tist adjective or noun

• prag·ma·tis·tic ˌprag-mə-ˈtis-tik adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.