pragmatist

From Ancient Greek πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “thing”).

pragmatist (plural pragmatists)

One who acts in a practical or straightforward manner; one who is pragmatic; one who values practicality or pragmatism.
A pragmatist would never plant such a messy tree, but I like its flowers.
One who acts in response to particular situations rather than upon abstract ideals; one who is willing to ignore their ideals to accomplish goals.
I'm not a thief, I am a pragmatist. I need this bread to feed my family.

We cannot trust him not to lie for his own gain: he's an opportunist and a pragmatist.
One who belongs to the philosophic school of pragmatism; one who holds that the meaning of beliefs is the actions they entail, and that the truth of those beliefs consists in the actions they entail, successfully leading a believer to their goals.
- 2007, John Lachs, Robert Talisse, American Philosophy: An Encyclopedia, page 310:
  [S]ome pragmatists (such as William James) took a more pantheist or pandeist approach by rejecting views of God as separate from the world.
(politics) An advocate of pragmatism.
(linguistics) one who studies pragmatics.

One who acts in a practical or straightforward manner

pragmatist (comparative more pragmatist, superlative most pragmatist)

(politics) Advocating pragmatism.
- 2013, John Wright, Access to History for the IB Diploma: The Second World War and the Americas‎, Hodder Education, →ISBN:
  Historians also suggest that Roosevelt was a pragmatist in foreign affairs, in that his policies were determined by practical consequences rather than by any philosophy.

pragmatist m (plural pragmatiști)

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