practicalism

His history is not one of liberalism, but practicalism.

The Early Word: Obama Faces Liberal Angst - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Pragmatism has a very useful place in our politics, potentially, but it's misused to limit rather than expand our range of policy options when associated with mere "practicalism."

More Polling Deflates Notion Of Left "Angry" With Obama's Cabinet Picks 2009

The first you might be able to write off as political practicalism but the latter has no excuse.

Firedoglake » Al Gore’s Evolution on Same-Sex Marriage 2006

He remembered how she had chastened him once for his unguarded assertion of female practicalism.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

He remembered how she had chastened him once for his unguarded assertion of female practicalism.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

An Afghanistan without the presence of threat of terrorism, an Afghanistan without the presence or threat of practicalism and all evil that both of them brought together.

CNN Transcript Jan 28, 2002 2002

He had besides, the stolidity of the German, and their cool calculating practicalism.

Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac William H. Armstrong

A sordid practicalism has made itself felt, due to a feverish desire to play an important rôle in the detail of current politics.

German Culture Past and Present Ernest Belfort Bax 1890

I guess, from what I got from what I was reading last night is he thinkgs that basically practicalism is not truth exactly but going towards something that is true, on a path but not hitting truth.

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