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pragmatum

pragmatum noun: a thing viewed through a pragmatic lens, i.e. a tool viewed as the sum of practical consequences for which it is responsible.

Noun

pragmatum (plural pragmata)

  1. A thing viewed through a pragmatic lens, i.e. a tool viewed as the sum of practical consequences for which it is responsible.
    • I state that the pragmata as "the useful things" went beyond these "live options."2006, Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, Imaginatio Creatrix, page 199
    • Pragmata already imply the relation with self that avoids the necessity of having to posit, or argue for, something like the pure essence or true meaning of a thing.2007, Pat Arneson, Perspectives on Philosophy of Communication, page 223

Forms of pragmatum

pluralpragmata

Questions about pragmatum

What does pragmatum mean?
Pragmatum means a thing viewed through a pragmatic lens, i.e. a tool viewed as the sum of practical consequences for which it is responsible.
What part of speech is pragmatum?
Pragmatum is a noun.
What is the plural of pragmatum?
The plural of pragmatum is pragmata.

Words near pragmatum in the dictionary

  1. pragmatizing
  2. pragmatographia
  3. pragmatographies
  4. pragmatography
  5. pragmats
  6. pragmatum
  7. Pragnell
  8. prags
  9. Prague
  10. Praguer
  11. Praguers

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