Synonyms for pragmatism
ˈpræg məˌtɪz əmprag·ma·tism

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1. pragmatismnoun

   Antonyms:
   contemplation, idealism

2. pragmatismnoun

   Antonyms:
   idealism, contemplation

3. pragmatismnoun

   Antonyms:
   contemplation, idealism

4. pragmatismnoun

   Antonyms:
   idealism, contemplation

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1. pragmatismnoun

   (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value

   Synonyms:
   realism

2. realism, pragmatismnoun

   the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth

   Synonyms:
   realism, naive realism, naturalism, realness, reality

Matched Categories

1. • Philosophical Doctrine
   • Philosophy
   • Practicality

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1. List of paraphrases for "pragmatism":

   realism, practicality, pragmatic

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1. Ben Anderstone:

   This is clearly a mandate for pragmatism, not centrism.

2. Keith Ellison:

   Pragmatism is not always a good thing. Experience is not always a good thing. Experience should teach you not to vote for an Iraq War where this country has not attacked us.

3. George Pagoulatos:

   Greece already has first-hand experience of economic populism and is now rejecting it, making a turn towards pragmatism, the vote in 2015 was one of hope, of desperation. Then the idealism collapsed. Now people are focusing on who they believe can deliver.

4. Le Pen:

   The key word will be pragmatism, not ideology.

5. Aaron David Miller:

   It’s a perfect storm of isolationism, muscular nationalism, with a dash of pragmatism and realism.