Pragmatic and Quixotical

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Pragmatic adjective - Willing to see things as they really are and deal with them sensibly.

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Quixotical is an antonym for pragmatic.

Nearby Words: pragmatism, pragmatical, pragmatically, pragmatics, Pragma

Quixotical adjective - Having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality.

Usage example: a quixotical attempt to bring live theater to a generation hooked on video games

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Pragmatic is an antonym for quixotical.

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Quixotical and Pragmatic. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pragmatic/quixotical

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