1. dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations: "a pragmatic approach to business ethics"
▪ relating to philosophical or political pragmatism.
▪ relating to pragmatics.
Word Originlate 16th century (in the senses ‘busy, interfering, conceited’): via Latin from Greek pragmatikos ‘relating to fact’, from pragma ‘deed’ (from the stem of prattein ‘do’). The current senses date from the mid 19th century.
