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   pragmatic

   /praɡˈmatɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations: "a pragmatic approach to business ethics"
   • ▪ relating to philosophical or political pragmatism.
   • ▪ relating to pragmatics.

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the senses ‘busy, interfering, conceited’): via Latin from Greek pragmatikos ‘relating to fact’, from pragma ‘deed’ (from the stem of prattein ‘do’). The current senses date from the mid 19th century.

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