pragmatic

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Or they might be taking a pragmatic PR-smart move.

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an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pragmatic gathered in one view.

noun

an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land

adjective

concerned with practical matters; "a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem"; "a matter-of-fact account of the trip"

adjective

of or concerning the theory of pragmatism

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pragmatic.

noun

an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land

adjective

concerned with practical matters; "a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem"; "a matter-of-fact account of the trip"

adjective

of or concerning the theory of pragmatism

adjective

guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics"

See also: hardheaded, hard-nosed, practical

Example sentences

Or they might be taking a pragmatic PR-smart move.

If you want to learn rails, dont get the latest pragmatic programmers book.

As a pragmatic programmer I don't much care to implement a half assed parser in another language.

For a guy who is otherwise rather easy going, Notch can be incredibly pragmatic and strident.

This is so cool, and I love that Rust is being so heavily driven by the pragmatic needs of an ambitious project like this.

My #1 question -- is Eich returning to CTO, another position, or quitting altogether?All in all, I think this was a pragmatic move.

Be it through a film that covers the modern history of the region or a social campaign to back more pragmatic NGO's that don't take sides in conflicts.

One could criticize the HN community for that kind of bikeshedding, but it's more pragmatic to just use a boring, contrived example to sell the point.

You can handicap yourself because you are convinced that it "shouldn't matter" or "this is the startup uniform" or you can be pragmatic about it and gain an edge for relatively minor effort.

If I want to ask a question about being a programmer do I ask on OnStartups, on the Programmer SE or elsewhere?The pragmatic answer is that there are some question that naturally fit on several sites.

"The rest of the article explains the author's psychopathy the way the author wants you to view it: As "a highly trained perception, ability to adapt, and a lack of judgment borne of pragmatic and flexible moral reasoning.

The only way this change affects me personally is that it gives me one less thing to go in and switch off when I install a new Ubuntu system, but I'm glad they've got a pragmatic attitude toward the possibility of spreading themselves too thin.