I have been told that I am pragmatic, and I am.
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Pragmatic
/pɹæɡˈmætɪk/
Synonyms for "pragmatic" (216 found)
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Closest matches (44)
Adjective(14 words)
practicalacademic worldlinessapplied sciencesbehavioral databusinesslikecasuisticdiscourse-baseddown to earthearthboundearthbound factionearthbound legendsearthbound taleearthboundingearthlier flavor
Noun(5 words)
Strong matches (64)
eudaemonisticexistentialexpedientfeasiblefittingfunctionalgood forhardhard-boiledhardheadedhedonichedonisthedonistichelpfulhumanisthumanisticidealisticinstrumentalistlevelheadedlogical
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Adjective(21 words)
everyday rationalityevidence based educationexperiential unitexperimental knowhowfunctionalfunctional classroomfunctional design goalsfunctional propertygradual political changegrounded in realityhands on abilityhands-onhard-nosedhardheadedheuristic algorithmheuristic strategyheuristic workflowinventive approachlinguistic contextmachiavellian
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matter-of-fact
Noun(17 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (108)
Adjective(35 words)
minimalist stylingmost heuristicoperational competencepractical approachpractical biology exampractical competencepractical descriptorpractical experimentspractical importancepractical interpretationpractical narrativepractical orientationpractical personpractical reportpractical sciencepractical sciencespractical skillpractical skillspractical subjectivitypractical thinking
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practical wisdompragmaticalproblem solving approachreal world applicabilityrealisticrealistic viewseamanlysensiblespartan designsufficient empirical evidenceunpretentioususefulworkableworldlierworldliest
monisticnaturalisticnominalistof general utilityof helpof serviceof useoperablepanlogisticalpantheisticphilosophicalpositivistpositivisticpracticablepracticalpractical-mindedpragmaticalpragmatistproperrational
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rationalisticrealistrealisticrealizablereasonablesanescholasticscientificscientisticsecularsensationalisticsensibleserviceablesobersober-mindedsoundsound-thinkingstoicstraight-thinkingsyncretistictheistictranscendentalisttranscendentalisticunidealunidealisticunromanticunsentimentalusefulutilitarianvitalisticvoluntaristvoluntaristicwell-balancedworkableworldly
Noun(18 words)
most appliedmost moderatemost practicaloperations functionopportunistic actionpolytechnicpractical abilitypractical applicationpractical nonconceptual approachpractice basedpragmatic sanctionproblem solving methodreformist stancerule of thumb methodsocial language skillsstandard physicstacklingusage oriented
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More general
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8 entrieshands-on approachoutcomes basedoutcomes based planpractical critiquereal world examplereal world focusreal world policyworkable suggestion
Collocations
5 entriespragmatic approachpragmatic lessonpragmatic mindsetpragmatic problem solvingpragmatic reasoning
Inflections
2 entriesmore pragmaticmost pragmatic
Derivations
5 entriessimilar
2 entriesSample sentences
14 total sentences available.
I agree on an emotional level, but on the pragmatic level I disagree.
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It is a very pragmatic culture.
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I'm just being pragmatic.
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