Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

pragmatic

 

concerned with practical results

 

He was a realist; his approach to life was pragmatic, not speculative.

 

Related English words: pragmatics, pragmatism (branch of philosophy that stresses practical considerations as tests of value and truth), pragmatist

 

Latin root word: pragmaticus, pragmatica, pragmaticum - skilled in business or civil affairs

 

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