About The Word Utilitarian
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Utilitarian
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What's The Definition Of Utilitarian?
[n] someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility
[adj] having a useful function; "utilitarian steel tables" [adj] having utility often to the exclusion of values; "plain utilitarian kitchenware" Synonyms | Synonyms for Utilitarian: functional | useful | utile Related Terms | Find terms related to Utilitarian: See Also | moralist Utilitarian In Webster's Dictionary \U*til`i*ta"ri*an\, a. [See {Utility}.]
1. Of or pertaining to utility; consisting in utility; ?iming
at utility as distinguished from beauty, ornament, etc.;
sometimes, reproachfully, evincing, or characterized by, a
regard for utility of a lower kind, or marked by a sordid
spirit; as, utilitarian narrowness; a utilitarian
indifference to art.
2. Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting
utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the
Utilitarian Society. --J. S. Mill.
\U*til`i*ta"ri*an\, n. One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism. The utilitarians are for merging all the particular virtues into one, and would substitute in their place the greatest usefulness, as the alone principle to which every question respecting the morality of actions should be referred. --Chalmers. But what is a utilitarian? Simply one who prefers the useful to the useless; and who does not? --Sir W. Hamilton. |
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