Pragmatism — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value

the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɹˈæɡmətˌɪzəm/

🇬🇧British English

/pɹˈaɡmətˌɪzəm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pɹˈaɡmətˌɪzəm/

3 syllables Say it as /pɹˈæɡmətˌɪzəm/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

realism

Word Forms

pragmatic	adjective	of or concerning the theory of pragmatism
pragmatical	adjective	of or concerning the theory of pragmatism
pragmatist	noun	an adherent of philosophical pragmatism
realist	noun	a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Pragmatismus

(Philosophie) die Lehre, dass praktische Konsequenzen die Kriterien für Wissen, Bedeutung und Wert sind

🇫🇷French

pragmatisme

(philosophie) la doctrine selon laquelle les conséquences pratiques sont les critères de connaissance, de sens et de valeur

🇪🇸Spanish

pragmatismo

(Filosofía) La doctrina de que las consecuencias prácticas son los criterios de conocimiento, significado y valor.

🇮🇹Italian

pragmatismo

(filosofia) la dottrina secondo cui le conseguenze pratiche sono i criteri di conoscenza, significato e valore

🇳🇱Dutch

pragmatisme

(filosofie) de doctrine dat praktische gevolgen de criteria zijn voor kennis, betekenis en waarde

🇵🇹Portuguese

pragmatismo

(filosofia) a doutrina de que as consequências práticas são os critérios de conhecimento, significado e valor

🇷🇺Russian

прагматизм

(философия) учение о том, что практические последствия являются критериями познания, значения и ценности.

India

🇮🇳Hindi

व्यवहारवाद

(दर्शन) सिद्धांत कि व्यावहारिक परिणाम ज्ञान और अर्थ और मूल्य के मानदंड हैं

🇧🇩Bengali

বাস্তববাদ

(দর্শন) এই মতবাদ যে ব্যবহারিক ফলাফল জ্ঞান এবং অর্থ এবং মূল্যের মানদণ্ড

🇮🇳Tamil

நடைமுறைவாதம்

(தத்துவம்) நடைமுறை விளைவுகள் அறிவு மற்றும் பொருள் மற்றும் மதிப்பின் அளவுகோலாகும் என்ற கோட்பாடு

🇮🇳Telugu

వ్యావహారికసత్తావాదం

(తత్వశాస్త్రం) ఆచరణాత్మక పరిణామాలు జ్ఞానం మరియు అర్థం మరియు విలువ యొక్క ప్రమాణాలు అనే సిద్ధాంతం

🇮🇳Marathi

व्यावहारिकता

(तत्त्वज्ञान) सिद्धांत की व्यावहारिक परिणाम हे ज्ञान आणि अर्थ आणि मूल्याचे निकष आहेत

🇮🇳Gujarati

વ્યવહારવાદ

(ફિલસૂફી) સિદ્ધાંત કે વ્યવહારિક પરિણામો જ્ઞાન અને અર્થ અને મૂલ્યના માપદંડ છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಾಸ್ತವಿಕವಾದ

(ತತ್ವಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ) ಪ್ರಾಯೋಗಿಕ ಪರಿಣಾಮಗಳು ಜ್ಞಾನ ಮತ್ತು ಅರ್ಥ ಮತ್ತು ಮೌಲ್ಯದ ಮಾನದಂಡಗಳಾಗಿವೆ ಎಂಬ ಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പ്രായോഗികത

(തത്ത്വചിന്ത) പ്രായോഗിക പരിണതഫലങ്ങൾ അറിവിൻ്റെയും അർത്ഥത്തിൻ്റെയും മൂല്യത്തിൻ്റെയും മാനദണ്ഡമാണ് എന്ന സിദ്ധാന്തം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਿਹਾਰਕਤਾ

(ਦਰਸ਼ਨ) ਸਿਧਾਂਤ ਕਿ ਵਿਹਾਰਕ ਨਤੀਜੇ ਗਿਆਨ ਅਤੇ ਅਰਥ ਅਤੇ ਮੁੱਲ ਦੇ ਮਾਪਦੰਡ ਹਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

عملیت پسندی

(فلسفہ) وہ نظریہ جس کے عملی نتائج علم اور معنی اور قدر کا معیار ہیں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

实用主义

（哲学）实践结果是知识、意义和价值标准的学说

🇯🇵Japanese

プラグマティズム

(哲学) 実際の結果が知識、意味、価値の基準であるという教義

🇰🇷Korean

참견

(철학) 실천적 결과가 지식, 의미, 가치의 기준이라는 교리

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chủ nghĩa thực dụng

(triết học) học thuyết cho rằng kết quả thực tế là tiêu chí của kiến thức, ý nghĩa và giá trị

🇹🇭Thai

ลัทธิปฏิบัตินิยม

(ปรัชญา) หลักคำสอนที่ว่าผลในทางปฏิบัติเป็นเกณฑ์ของความรู้ ความหมาย และคุณค่า

🇮🇩Indonesian

pragmatisme

(Filsafat) doktrin bahwa konsekuensi praktis adalah kriteria pengetahuan, makna, dan nilai

🇵🇭Filipino

pragmatismo

(pilosopiya) ang doktrina na ang mga praktikal na kahihinatnan ay ang pamantayan ng kaalaman at kahulugan at halaga

🇲🇾Malay

pragmatisme

(falsafah) doktrin bahawa akibat praktikal adalah kriteria pengetahuan dan makna dan nilai

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

البراغماتية

(فلسفة) المذهب القائل بأن العواقب العملية هي معايير المعرفة والمعنى والقيمة

🇮🇷Persian

عمل گرایی

(فلسفه) این آموزه که پیامدهای عملی ملاک معرفت و معنا و ارزش است

🇹🇷Turkish

pragmatizm

(felsefe) pratik sonuçların bilgi, anlam ve değer kriterleri olduğunu öne süren doktrin

🇮🇱Hebrew

פּרַגמָטִיוּת

(פילוסופיה) הדוקטרינה לפיה השלכות מעשיות הן הקריטריונים של ידע ומשמעות וערך

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