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pragmatised

pragmatised is the simple past and past participle of pragmatise.

Meaning of pragmatise

Verb

pragmatise (third-person singular simple present pragmatises, present participle pragmatising, simple past and past participle pragmatised)

  1. To make real.
    • He does not, as was formerly the fashion, pragmatise mythology, i.e. simply drop the supernatural elements, and take the residuum as history; nor, on the other hand, reject it altogether, as utterly useless for historical purposes; but having endeavoured to catch the traditional belief, the...1856, Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot, The National Review - Volume 2, page 163
  2. To focus on the material or practical.
    • A Movement like ours, so apt to pragmatise, developed its policy in a practical way.1950, Trades Union Congress, Report of Proceedings at the Annual Trades Union Congress

Questions about pragmatised

What is pragmatised the simple past and past participle of?
Pragmatised is the simple past and past participle of pragmatise.

Words near pragmatised in the dictionary

  1. pragmaticizing
  2. pragmatick
  3. pragmatics
  4. pragmatique
  5. pragmatise
  6. pragmatised
  7. pragmatiser
  8. pragmatisers
  9. pragmatises
  10. pragmatising
  11. pragmatism

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