[praɡˈmatɪk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations
(e.g: a pragmatic approach to business ethics)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 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