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