English-Hungarian translations for pragmatism

• pragmatizmus
  Amire szükségünk van, az pragmatizmus, bátorság és decentralizáció. What we need is pragmatism, courage and decentralisation.
  A realizmus és a pragmatizmus van napirenden. Realism and pragmatism are the order of the day.
  Hölgyeim és uraim, a pragmatizmus megmutatkozik a gyakorlatban és a lelkiállapotban egyaránt. Ladies and gentlemen, pragmatism is manifest both in practice and as a state of mind.

Definition of pragmatism

• The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals
• The idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer, and the truth of beliefs with success of those actions in securing a believer's goals; the doctrine that ideas must be looked at in terms of their practical effects and consequences
• The habit of interfering in other people's affairs; meddlesomeness

Related words

• pragmatic
• pragmatically
• pragmatics
• pragmatist
• pragmatical
• apragmatism
• ethnopragmatics