English-Finnish translations for pragmatic

• pragmaattinen
  Eurooppalaiset tietävät, milloin on oltava pragmaattinen. Europeans know when to be pragmatic.
  Ensimmäiseksi pragmaattinen vaje. First there is the pragmatic deficit.
  Lähestymistapa on ollut pragmaattinen ja esimerkillinen. The approach has been pragmatic and exemplary.

Definition of pragmatic

• Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory
• Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances; said of literature
• Interfering in the affairs of others; officious; meddlesome
• A man of business
• A public decree

Examples

• The sturdy furniture in the student lounge was pragmatic, but unattractive.

Related words

• pragmatically
• pragmatics
• pragmatical
• ethnopragmatics