practicalism

American  

[prak-ti-kuh-liz-uhm] / ˈpræk tɪ kəˌlɪz əm /

noun

1. devotion to practical matters.

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Other Word Forms

• practicalist noun

Etymology

Origin of practicalism

First recorded in 1835–45; practical + -ism

Example Sentences

Now the principle of practicalism says that that very meaning of the conception of God lies in the differences which must be made in experience if the conception be true.

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Political practicalism is a social soul of which the state should be the embodiment.

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We must have the church and state in order that we may have their souls, idealism and practicalism.

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A sordid practicalism has made itself felt, due to a feverish desire to play an important rôle in the detail of current politics.

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