[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pragmatism \prag"matism\, n.
   the quality or state of being pragmatic; in literature, the
   pragmatic, or philosophical, method.
   1913 webster

         the narration of this apparently trifling circumstance
         belongs to the pragmatism of the history. --a. murphy.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

pragmatism
     n 1: philosophy the doctrine that practical consequences are
          the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value
     2: the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring
        practicality and literal truth syn: realism
see also:
realism 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

72 moby thesaurus words for "pragmatism":
   marxism, r and d, animalism, atomism, behaviorism,
   commonsense realism, control, control experiment,
   controlled experiment, cut and try, dialectical materialism,
   down-to-earthness, earthiness, earthliness, empiricism,
   epiphenomenalism, experiment, experimental design,
   experimental method, experimental proof, experimentalism,
   experimentation, freedom from illusion, functional design,
   functional furniture, functionalism, hardheadedness,
   historical materialism, hit and miss, hylomorphism, hylotheism,
   hylozoism, lack of feelings, materialism, matter-of-factness,
   mechanism, natural realism, naturalism, new realism,
   noble experiment, physicalism, physicism, positive philosophy,
   positivism, practical-mindedness, practicality, practicalness,
   pragmaticism, rationality, realism, reasonableness,
   representative realism, research and development, rule of thumb,
   saneness, scientism, secularism, sensibleness, sober-mindedness,
   substantialism, temporality, tentative method, tentativeness,
   testing, trial, trial and error, trying, unidealism,
   unromanticalness, unsentimentality, utilitarianism, worldliness

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