(præɡˈmætɪsɪzəm) n1. another word for pragmatism2. (Philosophy) another word for pragmatism
prag•mat•i•cism
(prægˈmæt əˌsɪz əm)
n. the pragmatist philosophy of C. S. Peirce, chiefly a theory of meaning: so called by him to distinguish it from the pragmatism of William James. [1905]