pragmatismn.

Brit.

/ˈpraɡmətɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈpræɡməˌtɪz(ə)m/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πραγματ- , πρᾶγμα , -ism suffix.

Etymology: < ancient Greek πραγματ-, πρᾶγμα deed, act (see pragmatic adj. and n.) + -ism suffix. Compare German Pragmatismus (1852 or earlier: see note) and French pragmatisme (1877 in philosophy; < German). Compare earlier pragmatist n.With sense 2 compare the following:1852 W. Hamilton Discuss. Philos. & Lit. 108 (note) No word occurs more frequently in the historical and philosophical literature of Germany and Holland, than pragmatisch, or pragmaticus, and Pragmatismus,..the word is peculiarly employed to denote that form of history, which, neglecting circumstantial details, is occupied in the scientific evolution of causes and effects. With sense 4a compare slightly later pragmaticism n. 2.

†1. Officiousness; pedantry; an instance of this. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > pedantry > [noun] > instance of

pedantism1656

pedantry1656

pragmatism1825

pedanticism1897

mandarinism1976

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > pedantry > [noun]

scholarism1588

pedantism1592

pedantry1612

scholasticism1797

bluestockingism1812

donnishness1835

donnism1859

pragmaticism1865

usherism1869

pragmatism1895

mandarinism1976

1825 Evangelical Mag. 3 Suppl. 556/1 My Uncle Timothy is a well-written tale, intended to expose the folly and pragmatism of those tiresome creatures, who are always sure to differ from others, just for the sake of..showing their dexterity in battling an opponent.

1860 in Times 18 June 11/2 [They] see no religion in propping the abused ‘temporal power’ of the Pope, nor in bending low before the presumptuous pragmatism of a priest.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters viii. 211 Our laughing at his pragmatisms and solemn coxcombry.

1895 E. J. Harding in Critic (N.Y.) 9 Feb. 95 How refreshing it is, this absence of pragmatism, this genial resolve to take life as it is, for better for worse.

†2. A method of understanding facts and events in terms of cause and effect, and of inferring practical lessons or conclusions from this process. Cf. pragmatic adj. 4. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1865 tr. D. F. Strauss New Life Jesus I. Introd. ii. xvi. 126 I have,..in my Life of Jesus, drawn attention..to the prophetic pragmatism of Matthew.

1884 D. Hunter tr. E. Reuss Hist. Canon xv. 274 According to the pragmatism of history, we should now turn our attention to the influence which the reforming movement of the sixteenth century exercised on the notion of the biblical canon.

1894 F. Watson Bk. Genesis vi. 108 The moulders and manipulators of facts, in the spirit of religious pragmatism.

3. A pragmatic attitude (see pragmatic adj. 5); attention to facts, as opposed to opinions, ideals, or emotions; realism.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > expedience > [noun] > pragmatism or practicality

practicalness1657

pragmaticality1836

practicality1841

practicalism1843

pragmatism1872

thinginess1891

Kitchenerism1901

hard-boiledness1912

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch IV. vii. lxxi. 157 Mrs Dollop..had often to resist the shallow pragmatism of customers disposed to think that their reports from the outer world were of equal force with what had ‘come up’ in her mind.

1921 Times 4 Aug. 6/5 Forgive the suggestion of pragmatism if I offer a few opinions of my own to support the contention that British producers have not yet attempted to take this film business seriously.

1968 H. Brodkey Bookkeeping in Almost Classic Mode (1989) 83 You mustn't confuse stodginess with pragmatism.

1992 Canad. Geographic Jan. 31/2 These orcas are not fish, they are mammals with families, much like ours. We have the ability to separate them, but do we have the right? Today, with wild whales blowing a stone's throw from the boat, I feel my pragmatism yielding to my emotions.

a. Philosophy. The doctrine that an idea can be understood in terms of its practical consequences; hence, the assessment of the truth or validity of a concept or hypothesis according to the rightness or usefulness of its practical consequences. The method was first described by C. S. Peirce, and was soon adopted or elaborated by W. James, F. C. S. Schiller (see humanism n. 6), and J. Dewey. Peirce then dissociated himself from this development, calling his method pragmaticism. Cf. pragmaticism n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > pragmatism > [noun]

practicalism1898

pragmatism1898

pragmaticism1904

practicism1909

1898 W. James Philos. Concept. & Pract. Results 5 The principle of practicalism or pragmatism, as he [sc. C. S. Peirce] called it, when I first heard him enunciate it at Cambridge [Mass.] in the early '70s, is the clue..by following which..we may keep our feet upon the proper trail.

1906 Academy 4 Aug. 106/1 The most recent and (philosophically speaking) fashionable ‘ism’ that the new century has produced—known, by some as Humanism, and by others as Pragmatism.

1946 B. Russell in J. Feibleman Introd. Peirce's Philos. p. xv Pragmatism, for Peirce, was only a method; the truths which it sought to discover were absolute and eternal.

1991 Univ. Maryland Graduate School Catal. 1991–3 176/1 The philosophy of pragmatism has influenced many of social work's founders.

b. Politics. The theory that social and political problems should be dealt with primarily by practical methods adapted to the existing circumstances, rather than by methods which have been conformed to some ideology. Hence (occasionally): opportunism, self-interested political behaviour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > expedience > [noun] > pragmatism or practicality > as a political theory

pragmatism1951

1951 A. B. Ulam Philos. Found. Eng. Socialism iii. 77 It is true that the Fabian movement and British socialism in general have been built upon foundations quite different from those of Marxism. We have here first of all a sturdy spirit of pragmatism.

1976 Survey Summer 156 Now that Mao is dead there will no doubt be a sharp reaction towards ‘pragmatism’.

1989 Atlantic Dec. 22/2 The proposal that the United States get rid of pennies is, like many proposals that smack of cool-headed, cold-blooded pragmatism, one that should be implemented on another planet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pragmatism
释义	pragmatismn. Brit. /ˈpraɡmətɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈpræɡməˌtɪz(ə)m/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πραγματ- , πρᾶγμα , -ism suffix. Etymology: < ancient Greek πραγματ-, πρᾶγμα deed, act (see pragmatic adj. and n.) + -ism suffix. Compare German Pragmatismus (1852 or earlier: see note) and French pragmatisme (1877 in philosophy; < German). Compare earlier pragmatist n.With sense 2 compare the following:1852 W. Hamilton Discuss. Philos. & Lit. 108 (note) No word occurs more frequently in the historical and philosophical literature of Germany and Holland, than pragmatisch, or pragmaticus, and Pragmatismus,..the word is peculiarly employed to denote that form of history, which, neglecting circumstantial details, is occupied in the scientific evolution of causes and effects. With sense 4a compare slightly later pragmaticism n. 2. †1. Officiousness; pedantry; an instance of this. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > pedantry > [noun] > instance of pedantism1656 pedantry1656 pragmatism1825 pedanticism1897 mandarinism1976 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > pedantry > [noun] scholarism1588 pedantism1592 pedantry1612 scholasticism1797 bluestockingism1812 donnishness1835 donnism1859 pragmaticism1865 usherism1869 pragmatism1895 mandarinism1976 1825 Evangelical Mag. 3 Suppl. 556/1 My Uncle Timothy is a well-written tale, intended to expose the folly and pragmatism of those tiresome creatures, who are always sure to differ from others, just for the sake of..showing their dexterity in battling an opponent. 1860 in Times 18 June 11/2 [They] see no religion in propping the abused ‘temporal power’ of the Pope, nor in bending low before the presumptuous pragmatism of a priest. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters viii. 211 Our laughing at his pragmatisms and solemn coxcombry. 1895 E. J. Harding in Critic (N.Y.) 9 Feb. 95 How refreshing it is, this absence of pragmatism, this genial resolve to take life as it is, for better for worse. †2. A method of understanding facts and events in terms of cause and effect, and of inferring practical lessons or conclusions from this process. Cf. pragmatic adj. 4. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1865 tr. D. F. Strauss New Life Jesus I. Introd. ii. xvi. 126 I have,..in my Life of Jesus, drawn attention..to the prophetic pragmatism of Matthew. 1884 D. Hunter tr. E. Reuss Hist. Canon xv. 274 According to the pragmatism of history, we should now turn our attention to the influence which the reforming movement of the sixteenth century exercised on the notion of the biblical canon. 1894 F. Watson Bk. Genesis vi. 108 The moulders and manipulators of facts, in the spirit of religious pragmatism. 3. A pragmatic attitude (see pragmatic adj. 5); attention to facts, as opposed to opinions, ideals, or emotions; realism. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > expedience > [noun] > pragmatism or practicality practicalness1657 pragmaticality1836 practicality1841 practicalism1843 pragmatism1872 thinginess1891 Kitchenerism1901 hard-boiledness1912 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch IV. vii. lxxi. 157 Mrs Dollop..had often to resist the shallow pragmatism of customers disposed to think that their reports from the outer world were of equal force with what had ‘come up’ in her mind. 1921 Times 4 Aug. 6/5 Forgive the suggestion of pragmatism if I offer a few opinions of my own to support the contention that British producers have not yet attempted to take this film business seriously. 1968 H. Brodkey Bookkeeping in Almost Classic Mode (1989) 83 You mustn't confuse stodginess with pragmatism. 1992 Canad. Geographic Jan. 31/2 These orcas are not fish, they are mammals with families, much like ours. We have the ability to separate them, but do we have the right? Today, with wild whales blowing a stone's throw from the boat, I feel my pragmatism yielding to my emotions. 4. a. Philosophy. The doctrine that an idea can be understood in terms of its practical consequences; hence, the assessment of the truth or validity of a concept or hypothesis according to the rightness or usefulness of its practical consequences. The method was first described by C. S. Peirce, and was soon adopted or elaborated by W. James, F. C. S. Schiller (see humanism n. 6), and J. Dewey. Peirce then dissociated himself from this development, calling his method pragmaticism. Cf. pragmaticism n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > pragmatism > [noun] practicalism1898 pragmatism1898 pragmaticism1904 practicism1909 1898 W. James Philos. Concept. & Pract. Results 5 The principle of practicalism or pragmatism, as he [sc. C. S. Peirce] called it, when I first heard him enunciate it at Cambridge [Mass.] in the early '70s, is the clue..by following which..we may keep our feet upon the proper trail. 1906 Academy 4 Aug. 106/1 The most recent and (philosophically speaking) fashionable ‘ism’ that the new century has produced—known, by some as Humanism, and by others as Pragmatism. 1946 B. Russell in J. Feibleman Introd. Peirce's Philos. p. xv Pragmatism, for Peirce, was only a method; the truths which it sought to discover were absolute and eternal. 1991 Univ. Maryland Graduate School Catal. 1991–3 176/1 The philosophy of pragmatism has influenced many of social work's founders. b. Politics. The theory that social and political problems should be dealt with primarily by practical methods adapted to the existing circumstances, rather than by methods which have been conformed to some ideology. Hence (occasionally): opportunism, self-interested political behaviour. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > expedience > [noun] > pragmatism or practicality > as a political theory pragmatism1951 1951 A. B. Ulam Philos. Found. Eng. Socialism iii. 77 It is true that the Fabian movement and British socialism in general have been built upon foundations quite different from those of Marxism. We have here first of all a sturdy spirit of pragmatism. 1976 Survey Summer 156 Now that Mao is dead there will no doubt be a sharp reaction towards ‘pragmatism’. 1989 Atlantic Dec. 22/2 The proposal that the United States get rid of pennies is, like many proposals that smack of cool-headed, cold-blooded pragmatism, one that should be implemented on another planet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1825
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