practicalism
/ˈpraktɪkəlɪz(ə)m/ /ˈpraktɪk(ə)lɪz(ə)m/noun
1Interest in or attention to practical matters or activities; practicality.
2 Philosophy = pragmatism.
3 Politics depreciative. In communist phraseology: excessive attention to practical matters at the expense of theory.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Tait's Magazine. From practical + -ism. With sense 1 compare earlier practicality.
- suppositively
- suppositorily
- suppository
- suppositum
- suppost
- supposure
- suppress
- suppressable
- suppressal
- suppressant
- suppressed carrier
- suppressedly
- suppresser
- suppressibility
- suppressible
- suppression
- suppressionist
- suppression order
- suppressio veri
- suppressive
- suppressive fire
- suppressor
- suppressor cell
- suppressor grid
- suppressor T cell