International relations are governed by pragmatism.
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Pragmatism
//ˈpɹæɡmətɪzəm//
Synonyms for "pragmatism" (74 found)
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Translations
52 translations across 21 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- pragmatisme noun (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities)
- pragmatisme noun (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 實用主義 /实用主义 noun (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities)
Dutch
3 entries- pragmatisme noun (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities)
- pragmatisme noun (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones)
- pragmatisme noun (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer)
Finnish
4 entries- pragmaattisuus noun (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities)
- pragmatismi noun (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities)
- pragmatismi noun (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones)
- pragmatismi noun (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer)
French
1 entries- pragmatisme noun (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities)
Galician
3 entries- pragmatismo noun (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities)
- pragmatismo noun (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones)
- pragmatismo noun (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer)
German
2 entries- Pragmatismus noun (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities)
- Pragmatismus noun (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer)
Hindi
3 entries- अर्थक्रियावाद noun (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer)
- प्रयोजनवाद noun (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer)
- व्यावहारिकतावाद noun (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer)
Hungarian
1 entries- pragmatizmus noun (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer)
Indonesian
3 entries- pragmatisme noun (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities)
- pragmatisme noun (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones)
- pragmatisme noun (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer)
Irish
3 entries- réadúlacht noun (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities)
- réadúlacht noun (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones)
- réadúlacht noun (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer)
Italian
1 entries- pragmatismo noun (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer)
Japanese
2 entries- プラグマティズム noun (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities)
- 実用主義 noun (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities)
Lithuanian
3 entries- pragmatika noun (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities)
- pragmatika noun (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones)
- pragmatika noun (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer)
Portuguese
3 entries- pragmatismo noun (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities)
- pragmatismo noun (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones)
- pragmatismo noun (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer)
Romanian
3 entries- pragmatism noun (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities)
- pragmatism noun (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones)
- pragmatism noun (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer)
Russian
3 entries- прагмати́зм noun (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities)
- прагмати́зм noun (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones)
- прагмати́зм noun (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pragmatìzam noun (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities)
- прагматѝзам noun (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities)
Spanish
3 entries- pragmatismo noun (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities)
- pragmatismo noun (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones)
- pragmatismo noun (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer)
Turkish
3 entries- faydacılık noun (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer)
- pragmatizm noun (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer)
- yararcılık noun (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer)
Ukrainian
3 entries- прагмати́зм noun (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities)
- прагмати́зм noun (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones)
- прагмати́зм noun (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer)
Sample sentences
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They've always been a pragmatic party with a social agenda, and because of its pragmatism, there is a window of opportunity here.
Source: tatoeba (11990942)
Our conception of these practical consequences is for us the whole of our conception of the object, so far as that conception has positive significance at all. This is the principle of [Charles Sanders] Peirce, the principle of pragmatism.
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