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• I'm a thoroughgoing pragmatist to the fullest extent of the word.From the entry extent
• The country’s first prime minister, the hard-drinking political pragmatist Sir John A.2026 July 1 [1872], Dónal Gill, quoting John A. Macdonald, “Canada’s Mistake Was Believing the Border No Longer Mattered”, in The Walrus…. From the entry in the gristle
• You may have been a classy, demure teenager, but I was a pragmatist, a hedge-better.2022 August 7, Jessica Fostekew, “‘I canoodled in hedges and fumbled in recycling bins as a teenager – and I don’t regret a thing’”, in…. From the entry canoodle
• They prefer a pugilist fighting for principle over a pragmatist agreeing to compromises.2010, Kirk Victor, National Journal, volume 42, number 35, page 4. From the entry pugilist
• A pragmatist, after long and hard experience.2014, August Franza, AMERICA ARRIBA!: Don Quijote and Sancho Panza in the 21st Century, →ISBN. From the entry zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse
• This is just another piece of common sense about philosophy, the one to which the pragmatists herostratically sacrificed everything else.1964, Gustav Bergmann, Logic and Reality, page 21. From the entry herostratically
• It has already made doctrinaire Marxism outdated, changed many socialists into business-minded pragmatists and made social workers out of many capitalists.1964 October 30, “Neocapitalism”, in Time, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2008. From the entry neocapitalism
• Connolly himself proved the complete pragmatist and it lies ill in his mouth to rail against lack of creativity when his influence has contributed to it.2005 December 5, Brian Moore, “Little to be gained from this type of southern comfort”, in The Telegraph. From the entry lie ill in one's mouth

Meaning of pragmatist

1. noun One who acts in a practical or straightforward manner; one who is pragmatic; one who values practicality or pragmatism.
2. noun One who acts in response to particular situations rather than upon abstract ideals; one who is willing to ignore their ideals to accomplish goals.
3. noun 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.

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How do you use pragmatist in a sentence?

Pragmatist is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “A pragmatist would never plant such a messy tree, but I like its flowers.”

What is a short sentence with pragmatist?

“A pragmatist, after long and hard experience.”

What does pragmatist mean?

Pragmatist means one who acts in a practical or straightforward manner; one who is pragmatic; one who values practicality or pragmatism.