pragmatical

  • 71sober — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. grave, quiet, sedate, staid, serious; abstemious; drab, plain, severe, unadorned; calm, moderate; thoughtful; subdued; inconspicuous; demure; earnest; solemn, somber. See moderation, inexcitability …

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  • 72visionary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. idealistic, unpractical, quixotic, Utopian; imaginary, delusory, chimerical. n. dreamer, idealist, theorist, theorizer. See imagination, heterodoxy, nonexistence. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …

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  • 73hardheaded — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Obstinate] Syn. willful, stubborn, headstrong; see obstinate 1 . 2. [Practical] Syn. sensible, rational, shrewd; see practical . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Tenaciously unwilling to yield: bullheaded, dogged,… …

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  • 74tough-minded — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. realistic, practical, unsentimental, *hard nosed. ANT.: weak, mawkish II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having or indicating an awareness of things as they really are: down to earth, hard, hard headed, matter of… …

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  • 75unromantic — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having or indicating an awareness of things as they really are: down to earth, hard, hard headed, matter of fact, objective, practical, pragmatic, pragmatical, prosaic, realistic, sober, tough minded. See EXCITE,… …

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  • 76Affectation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Affectation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 affectation affectation Sgm: N 1 affectedness affectedness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 acting a part acting a part &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 pretense pretense &c.(falsehood) 544 …

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  • 77Vanity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Vanity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 vanity vanity Sgm: N 1 conceit conceit conceitedness Sgm: N 1 self conceit self conceit self complacency self confidence self sufficiency self esteem self love self approba …

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  • 78Прагматический аспект информации — [ pragmatical aspect of information] характеристика информации с точки зрения полезности, пригодности для решения задачи. При этом оценка может быть субъективной, отражая точку зрения получателя информации (интер­­претатора). Если получатель,… …

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  • 79cit — colloquial shortening of CITIZEN (Cf. citizen), 1640s; contrasted to a countryman or a gentleman, usually with some measure of opprobrium (Johnson defines it as A pert low townsman; a pragmatical trader ) …

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  • 80wowser — The term wowser surely one of the most impressive and expressive of Australian coinages is used to express healthy contempt for those who attempt to force their own morality on everyone. The person who abstains from alcohol (for whatever reason)… …

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