pragmatic

Dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; practical.

Of or relating to pragmatism.

Of or relating to pragmatics.

Relating to or being the study of cause and effect in historical or political events with emphasis on the practical lessons to be learned from them.

A pragmatic sanction.

A term used (by Kant) to denote rules of action (otherwise denominated ‘counsels of prudence’) which have to do with the attainment of happiness. As used by him, it is antithetic to the term ‘practical,’ which refers to principles of action (otherwise called ‘categorical imperatives’) which have to do with the attainment of virtue.

Having to do with pragmatism as a philosophy: as, the pragmatic movement; pragmatic thought. See pragmatism, 3.

Relating to civil affairs; relating or pertaining to the affairs of a community. See pragmatic sanction, below.

Same as pragmatical, in any sense.

In the Kantian philos, practical in a particular way—namely, having reference to happiness.—