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say it: prag-MAT-ik
pragmatic is an adjective and noun meaning "concerned with practical matters". It is pronounced /pɹæɡˈmætɪk/ — prag-MAT-ik. It carries 4 recorded senses.
concerned with practical matters
“a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem”
“a matter-of-fact account of the trip”
of or concerning the theory of pragmatism
guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
“a hardheaded appraisal of our position”
“a hard-nosed labor leader”
“completely practical in his approach to business”
“not ideology but pragmatic politics”
an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for pragmatic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.