Pragmatic: (adjective) dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considers.

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I first encountered the word pragmatic while doing psychology homework. It was inside of a question and in order for me to answer the question I would need to understand the word. Before looking up the actual definition I looked for synonyms so I could get a general understanding of the word by finding a word that I do know that is connected to pragmatic. I saw words such as “practical”, “logical”, “realistic”, etc. After looking at the synonyms I understood that it was a way of doing things with common sense or the logical way of doing things in a certain situation. An example would be , ” Imagine you applied for a job, but instead of offering the job you wanted, they offered you a lower position.” The pragmatic decision would be to accept the job with the mindset of it’s better than nothing and you might get promoted or transferred to the job you really want instead of not taking the job at all.