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Noun: pragmatist  prag-mu-tist
  1. A person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of their actions
    "As a pragmatist, she focused on finding workable solutions rather than perfect ones"
     
  2. An adherent of philosophical pragmatism
    "The pragmatist argued that the truth of an idea should be judged by its practical consequences"

Derived forms: pragmatists

Type of: realist

Encyclopedia: Pragmatist