One who acts in response to particular situations rather than upon abstract ideals; one who is willing to ignore their ideals to accomplish goals.
One who belongs to the philosophic school of pragmatism; one who holds that the meaning of beliefs are the actions they entail, and that the truth of those beliefs consist in the actions they entail successfully leading a believer to their goals.
One who acts in a practical or straightforward manner; one who is pragmatic; one who values practicality or pragmatism.
An advocate of pragmatism.
one who studies pragmatics.
Advocating pragmatism.
One who believes in seeing things the way they really are, as opposed to how they would like them to be.
An adherent of the realism movement; an artist who seeks to portray real everyday life accurately.
An advocate of realism; one who believes that matter, objects etc. have real existence beyond our perception of them.