pragmatism
/ˈpraɡmətɪz(ə)m/
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American sound/ˈpraɡmətɪz(ə)m/
pragmatism
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prag - ma - tism -> pragmatism
Myanmar meaning
ငါးပွက်ရာ ငါးစာချလုပ်နည်း။ လူသားအကျိုးပြုရာတွင် လက်တွေ့အကျိုးဆက်များ သက်သက်ကိုသာ သုံးသတ်ဆုံးဖြတ်သည့် ဒဿန ( လက်တွေ့ဝါဒ )။
Full entry
pragmatism /'prægmǝtÇzǝm/ n
[U](fml ) လက်တွေ့ အကျိုးမျှော် ဝါဒ။ a foreign policy built on economic pragmatism.
❏ pragmatist /-tÇst/ n လက်တွေ့အကျိုးမျှော်မှုဝါဒီ။ A pragmatist is always flexible in dealing with problems.
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- pragmatism /'prægmǝtÇzǝm/ n [U]( fml ) လက်တွေ့ အကျိုးမျှော် ဝါဒ။ a foreign policy built on economic pragmatism. ❏ pragmatist /-tÇst/ n လက်တွေ့အကျိုးမျှော်မှုဝါဒီ။ A pragmatist is always flexible in dealing with problems.
Synonyms
practicality, expediency, common sense, uncomplicatedness, matter-of-factness, simplicity, advantage, advantageousness, advisability, airs, appositeness, appropriateness; worth, aptness, arrogance, assumption, benefit, big-headedness, cockiness, conceit, condescension, contumely, convenience, criterion, desirability, disdain, disdainfulness, effectiveness, efficiency, egoism, egotism, fitness, hardheadedness, haughtiness, hauteur, helpfulness, heterodoxy, hit and miss, hubris, huff, immodesty, insolence, judiciousness, loftiness, logicality, meetness, narcissism, opportunism, opportunity, order, overconfidence, patronage, physicism, policy, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, profitability, profitableness, properness, propitiousness, propriety, proud flesh, prudence, rationality, realism, reasonableness, rightness, self-exaltation, self-importance, self-love, smugness, snobbery, suitability, superbity, superciliousness, swagger, swelled head, trial and error, unwritten rule, usefulness, utilitarianism, utility, vainglory, vanity
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practicalityexpediencycommon senseuncomplicatednessmatter-of-factnesssimplicityadvantageadvantageousnessadvisabilityairsappositenessappropriateness; worthaptnessarroganceassumptionbenefitbig-headednesscockinessconceitcondescensioncontumelyconveniencecriteriondesirabilitydisdaindisdainfulnesseffectivenessefficiency
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