Pragmatize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To consider, represent, or embody (something unreal) as fact; to materialize. intransitive
"One of the miraculous passages in the life of Mohammed himself is traced plausibly by Sprenger to such a pragmatized metaphor."
- 2 To behave in a pragmatic manner; to focus on the material or practical rather than abstractions. intransitive
"They are generically different ; they preach where they ought to worship, they pragmatize where they ought to pray, they discourse where they ought to send up the “Glory.”"
Example
More examples"One of the miraculous passages in the life of Mohammed himself is traced plausibly by Sprenger to such a pragmatized metaphor."