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Pragmatism vs Op - What's the difference?

pragmatism | op |

As nouns the difference between pragmatism and op

is that pragmatism is the pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals while op is ape.

pragmatism

English

(wikipedia pragmatism)

Noun

  • The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals.
  • (politics) The theory that political problems should be met with practical solutions rather than ideological ones.
  • (philosophy) The idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer, and the truth of beliefs with success of those actions in securing a believer's goals; the doctrine that ideas must be looked at in terms of their practical effects and consequences.
  • * 1902 , William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience , Folio Society 2008, p. 378:
    • Our conception of these practical consequences is for us the whole of our conception of the object [...] This is the principle of Peirce, the principle of pragmatism .

    Antonyms

    * idealism * contemplation

    Related terms

    * pragmatic * pragmatically * pragmatist

    op

    English

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • (OP) (original post'', ''original poster )

    • Verb

    (opp)
  • (Internet) To promote (an IRC user) to an operator.

    • Antonyms

    * deop

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Op art; a style of abstract art.
  • (informal, sometimes, pluralized) Operation.
    • My mother's going in for her knee op today.
  • (internet) An operator on IRC.

    • Derived terms

    * black op * grow op

    See also

    * (projectlink)

    Anagrams

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