pragmatist

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who acts in a practical or straightforward manner; one who is pragmatic; one who values practicality or pragmatism.
    — A pragmatist would never plant such a messy tree, but I like its flowers.
  2. One who acts in response to particular situations rather than upon abstract ideals; one who is willing to ignore their ideals to accomplish goals.
    — I'm not a thief, I am a pragmatist. I need this bread to feed my family.
  3. One who belongs to the philosophic school of pragmatism; one who holds that the meaning of beliefs is the actions they entail, and that the truth of those beliefs consists in the actions they entail, successfully leading a believer to their goals.
    — [S]ome pragmatists (such as William James) took a more pantheist or pandeist approach by rejecting views of God as separate from the world.
  4. An advocate of pragmatism.
  5. One who studies pragmatics. uncommon
形容词 adj.
  1. Advocating pragmatism.
    — Historians also suggest that Roosevelt was a pragmatist in foreign affairs, in that his policies were determined by practical consequences rather than by any philosophy.

词形变化

pragmatists plural more pragmatist comparative most pragmatist superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
antipragmatist neopragmatist pragmatistic sociopragmatist
相关词
pragma pragmatically pragmatics pragmatism

词源

词源 1
From Ancient Greek πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “thing”).
词源 2
From Ancient Greek πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “thing”).
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