practical, applicable, useful
one who ascribes to utilitarianism, one who maintains that practicality and usefulness is more important beauty or other considerations
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Utilitarian Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism.
One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism.
(a.)
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.
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.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the Utilitarian Society.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOf or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the Utilitarian Society.
utilitarian
\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. s. mill.
utilitarian
\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. halmers. but what is a utilitarian? simply one who prefers the useful to the useless; and who does not? w. hamilton.
utilitarian
adj
1. having a useful function; "utilitarian steel tables" [syn: useful]
2. having utility often to the exclusion of values; "plain utilitarian kitchenware" n : someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility
1.Someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility
2.of, relating to, or aiming at utility
3.Having a useful function
eg:The ideas of a time are like the clothes of a season: they are as arbitrary, as much imposed by some superior will which is seldom explicit. They are utilitarian and political, the instruments of smooth-running government.(W.LEWIS)EG:The dreamer whose dreams are non-utilitarian has no place in this world. In this world the poet is anathema, the thinker a fool, the artist an escapist, the man of vision a criminal.(H.MILLER)
2.of, relating to, or aiming at utility
3.Having a useful function
eg:The ideas of a time are like the clothes of a season: they are as arbitrary, as much imposed by some superior will which is seldom explicit. They are utilitarian and political, the instruments of smooth-running government.(W.LEWIS)EG:The dreamer whose dreams are non-utilitarian has no place in this world. In this world the poet is anathema, the thinker a fool, the artist an escapist, the man of vision a criminal.(H.MILLER)
Noun
1. someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility
(hypernym) moralist
Adjective
1. having a useful function; "utilitarian steel tables"
(synonym) useful
(similar) functional
2. having utility often to the exclusion of values; "plain utilitarian kitchenware"
(similar) useful, utile
Utilitarian Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Utilitarianism is an ethical theory holding that the proper course of action is the one that maximizes the overall "happiness". It is thus a form of consequentialism, meaning that the moral worth of an action is determined only by its resulting outcome, and that one can only weigh the morality of an action after knowing all its consequences. Two influential contributors to this theory are Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. Utilitarianism was described by Mill as "the greatest happiness principle" and by Bentham as the "pleasure principle".
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