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Synonyms
prag·mat·ic (prăg-măt́ĭk)

[Latin prāgmaticus, skilled in business, from Greek prāgmatikos, from prāgma, prāgmat-, deed, from prāssein, prāg-, to do.]

adjective 

  1. Dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; practical.
  2. Philosophy Of or relating to pragmatism.
  3. Relating to or being the study of cause and effect in historical or political events with emphasis on the practical lessons to be learned from them.
  4. Archaic
    1. Active; busy.
    2. Active in an officious or meddlesome way.
    3. Dogmatic; dictatorial.

noun 

  1. A pragmatic sanction.
  2. Archaic A meddler; a busybody.

derivatives

prag·mat́i·cal
adjective
prag·mat́i·cal·ly
adverb