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pruˈdentialism
[f. prec. + -ism.]
A system or theory of life based upon, or having chief regard to, prudential considerations; also pl. prudential principles.
1835De Quincey in Tait's Mag. II. 549 With respect to Paley, and the naked prudentialism of his system, it is true that..Paley disclaims that consequence. a1866J. Grote Exam. Utilit. Philos. ii. (1870) 28, I have called utilitarianism..superficial, because..it rests so much on mere prudentialisms. 1898A. B. Bruce in Expositor July 10 It is better far to have the hero with all his drawbacks than to have nothing in human life that rises above prudentialism, commonplace, and humdrum.
So pruˈdentialist, one who is professedly guided by, or acts from, prudential motives.
1833Coleridge in Lit. Rem. (1838) III. 403 Mr. Legality, a prudentialist offering his calculation of consequences as the moral antidote to guilt and crime. a1860J. Younger Autobiog. xxv. (1881) 318 The dogmas of starch prudentialists. |