- character or conduct that emphasizes practicality.
- a philosophical movement or system having various forms, but generally stressing practical consequences as constituting the essential criterion in determining meaning, truth, or value.
- action or policy dictated by consideration of the immediate practical consequences rather than by theory or dogma
- philosophy
- the doctrine that the content of a concept consists only in its practical applicability
- the doctrine that truth consists not in correspondence with the facts but in successful coherence with experience
