Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pragmatism

2 senses of pragmatism

Sense 1
pragmatism -- ((philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value)
       => philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory -- (a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy)

Sense 2
realism, pragmatism -- (the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth)
       => practicality -- (concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities)