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Common collocations with pragmatic in American Collocation

pragmatic adjective

US /præɡˈmætɪk/

very

eminently
extremely
highly
very

The book is highly pragmatic in its approach.

entirely or only

entirely
merely
purely
wholly

The choice of what type of building to live in is not merely pragmatic.

Humane treatment of political prisoners is preferable even for purely pragmatic reasons.

mostly or rather

essentially
fairly
largely
pretty
rather

The arguments in favour of the change are largely pragmatic.

in a way that is typical

typically

Roger is typically pragmatic about the problem.

approach or attitude

approach
attitude
perspective
stance
view

A pragmatic stance, rather than a humanitarian one, seems to have dominated their response to the deportations.

solution

compromise
response
solution

We believe in pragmatic compromises rather than dogmatic ideology.

reason

argument
consideration
reason

Our agreement should be based on pragmatic considerations of mutual benefit and not on a political agenda.

flexible
practical
realistic
sensible

With their pragmatic and flexible approach, British troops demonstrated admirable peacekeeping skills.