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A system of ethics based on the premise that something's value may be measured by its usefulness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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The theory that action should be directed toward achieving the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people" (hedonistic universalism), or one of various related theories.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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Practicality, functionality, as opposed to e.g. aesthetics.
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doctrine that the useful is the good; especially as elaborated by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill; the aim was said to be the greatest happiness for the greatest number
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Broader terms: doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
Etymology tree English utilitarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English utilitarianism From utilitarian + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
نَفْعِيَّة
(nafʕiyya)
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Armenian:
ուտիլիտարիզմ
(utilitarizm)
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Armenian:
օգտապաշտություն
(ōgtapaštutʻyun)
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Azerbaijani:
utilitarizm
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Bengali:
উপযোগবাদ
(upojōgbad)
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Chinese Cantonese:
功用主義 /功用主义
(gung1 jung6 zyu2 ji6)
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Chinese Cantonese:
效益主義 /效益主义
(haau6 jik1 zyu2 ji6)
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Chinese Mandarin:
效益主義 /效益主义
(xiàoyìzhǔyì)
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Chinese Mandarin:
功利主義 /功利主义
(gōnglìzhǔyì)
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Czech:
utilitarismus
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Czech:
utilitarizmus
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Danish:
utilitarianisme
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Dutch:
utilisme
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Esperanto:
utilismo
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Finnish:
utilitarismi
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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French:
utilitarisme
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Georgian:
უტილიტარიზმი
(uṭiliṭarizmi)
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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German:
Utilitarismus
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Greek:
ωφελιμισμός
(ofelimismós)
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Hebrew:
תּוֹעַלְתָּנוּת
(tu'ál'tanút)
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Hindi:
उपयोगितावाद
(upyogitāvād)
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Hungarian:
haszonelvűség
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Hungarian:
utilitarianizmus
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Hungarian:
utilitarizmus
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Icelandic:
nytjasfena
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Indonesian:
utilitarianisme
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Irish:
fóntachas
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Italian:
utilitarismo
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Japanese:
功利主義
(kōrishugi)
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Kannada:
ಉಪಯುಕ್ತತಾವಾದ
(upayuktatāvāda)
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Kazakh:
утилитаризм
(utilitarizm)
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Korean:
공리주의
(gongnijuui)
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Malayalam:
പ്രയോജനവാദം
(prayōjanavādaṁ)
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Norwegian Bokmål:
utilitarianisme
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Persian:
فایدهگرایی
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Polish:
utylitaryzm
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Portuguese:
utilitarismo
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Russian:
утилитаризм
(utilitarizm)
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Spanish:
utilitarismo
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Swedish:
utilitarism
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Tagalog:
karahatan
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Vietnamese:
chủ nghĩa vị lợi
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
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Vietnamese:
chủ nghĩa công lợi
— the theory of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
