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单词 instrumentalism
释义

instrumentalism

noun

in·​stru·​men·​tal·​ism ˌin(t)-strə-ˈmen-tᵊl-ˌi-zəm How to pronounce instrumentalism (audio)
: a doctrine that ideas are instruments of action and that their usefulness determines their truth

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Doubtless not a few of them harbor a special disdain for American Evangelicalism, with its gaudy, prosperous instrumentalism. James Wood, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

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