Definition of: pragmatic

(prag·mat′ik) adjective
1. Pertaining to the accomplishment of duty or of business; specifically, relating to the civil affairs of a sovereign state.
2. Pertaining to or occupied with the scientific evolution of causes and effects; philosophical: said especially of history: the pragmatic method.
3. Pragmatical; practical.
4. Of or pertaining to the philosophy of pragmatism. [<L pragmaticus active or skilled in practical affairs <Gk. pragmatikos <pragma, pragmatos a thing done, an affair <prassein do, perform]