pragmatism

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• General-American: /ˈpɹæɡmətɪzəm/
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• UK: /ˈpɹaɡmətɪzəm/
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From Ancient Greek stem of πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “act”) + -ism.

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بْرَاغْمَاتِيَّة (brāḡmātiyya) — pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities
• Catalan: pragmatisme — pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities
• Chinese Mandarin: 實用主義 /实用主义 (shíyòngzhǔyì) — pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities
• Dutch: pragmatisme — pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities
• Finnish: pragmatismi — pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities
• Finnish: pragmaattisuus — pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities
• French: pragmatisme — pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities
• Galician: pragmatismo — pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities
• German: Pragmatismus — pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities
• Indonesian: pragmatisme — pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities
• Irish: réadúlacht — pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities
• Japanese: プラグマティズム (puragumatizumu) — pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities
• Japanese: 実用主義 (jitsuyōshugi) — pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities
• Latin: prāgmatismus — pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities
• Lithuanian: pragmatika — pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities
• Portuguese: pragmatismo — pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities
• Romanian: pragmatism — pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities
• Russian: прагмати́зм (pragmatízm) — pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities
• Serbo-Croatian: pragmatìzam — pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities
• Serbo-Croatian: прагматѝзам — pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities
• Spanish: pragmatismo — pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities
• Ukrainian: прагмати́зм (prahmatýzm) — pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities
• Arabic: بْرَاغْمَاتِيَّة (brāḡmātiyya) — political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones
• Dutch: pragmatisme — political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones
• Finnish: pragmatismi — political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones
• Galician: pragmatismo — political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones
• Indonesian: pragmatisme — political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones
• Irish: réadúlacht — political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones
• Latin: prāgmatismus — political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones
• Lithuanian: pragmatika — political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones
• Portuguese: pragmatismo — political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones
• Romanian: pragmatism — political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones
• Russian: прагмати́зм (pragmatízm) — political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones
• Spanish: pragmatismo — political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones
• Ukrainian: прагмати́зм (prahmatýzm) — political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones
• Arabic: بْرَاغْمَاتِيَّة (brāḡmātiyya) — philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer
• Catalan: pragmatisme — philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer
• Dutch: pragmatisme — philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer
• Finnish: pragmatismi — philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer
• Galician: pragmatismo — philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer
• German: Pragmatismus — philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer
• Hindi: अर्थक्रियावाद (arthakriyāvād) — philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer
• Hindi: व्यावहारिकतावाद (vyāvhāriktāvād) — philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer
• Hindi: प्रयोजनवाद (prayojanvād) — philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer
• Hungarian: pragmatizmus — philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer
• Indonesian: pragmatisme — philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer
• Irish: réadúlacht — philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer
• Italian: pragmatismo — philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer
• Lithuanian: pragmatika — philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer
• Portuguese: pragmatismo — philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer
• Romanian: pragmatism — philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer
• Russian: прагмати́зм (pragmatízm) — philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer
• Spanish: pragmatismo — philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer
• Turkish: pragmatizm — philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer
• Turkish: faydacılık — philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer
• Turkish: yararcılık — philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer
• Ukrainian: прагмати́зм (prahmatýzm) — philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer