Pragmatic

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  1. RARE
    1. busy or active, esp. in a meddlesome way
    2. dogmatic; opinionated
  2. having to do with the affairs of a state or community
  3. concerned with actual practice, everyday affairs, etc., not with theory or speculation; practical
  4. dealing with historical facts, esp. in their causal relationship
  5. of or having to do with philosophical pragmatism

Origin of pragmatic

Classical Latin pragmaticus, skilled in business or law ; from Classical Greek pragmatikos ; from pragma, business, origin, originally a thing done ; from prassein, to do

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