Main Entry: prag·mat·ic

Pronunciation: \prag-ˈma-tik\

Variant(s): also prag·mat·i·cal \-ti-kəl\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Latin pragmaticus skilled in law or business, from Greek pragmatikos, from pragmat-, pragma deed, from prassein to do — more at practical

Date: 1616

1 archaic a (1) : busy (2) : officious b : opinionated
2 : relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic <pragmatic men of power have had no time or inclination to deal with…social morality — K. B. Clark>
3 : relating to or being in accordance with philosophical pragmatism

— pragmatic noun

— prag·mat·i·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb