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pragmaticism

noun prag·mat·i·cism \ prag-ˈma-tə-ˌsi-zəm \

Definition of pragmaticism

: the philosophic doctrine of C. S. Peirce
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pragmaticist

play \prag-ˈma-tə-sist\ noun

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1898

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