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Pragmatical

Of or pertaining to business or to affairs; of the nature of business; practical; material; businesslike in habit or manner.

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Practical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to practice or action.

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Practical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to practice or action.

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Pragmatism 74% connected

The quality or state of being pragmatic; in literature, the pragmatic, or philosophical, method.

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Pragmatism 74% connected

The quality or state of being pragmatic; in literature, the pragmatic, or philosophical, method.

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Realism 74% connected

As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to r…

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Realism 74% connected

As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to r…

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Pragmatism 66% connected

The quality or state of being pragmatic; in literature, the pragmatic, or philosophical, method.

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Matter-of-fact 92% connected

Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; commonplace; dry.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pragmatic 92% connected

Alt. of Pragmatical

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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