utilitarian
adjEtymology
From utility + -arian. Coined by English philosopher Jeremy Bentham as early as 1781, and popularized by his student John Stuart Mill, who mistakenly attributed the term to John Galt.
Definitions
Of or relating to utility.
Pertaining to utilitarianism.
Practical and functional, present for use, not just for show.
- The semi-streamlined contour of the earlier G.W.R. railcars has been given up in favour of a more utilitarian blunt-nose end, and effective floor space gained thereby.
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Someone who practices or advocates utilitarianism.
- Before his companies collapsed, Mr. Bankman-Fried often described himself as a utilitarian — meaning that he made decisions designed to advance the greater good.
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A definitional loop anchored at utilitarian. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at utilitarian
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA