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utilitarian::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | useful |
| Derivation | utility |
utilitarian steel tables.
utilitarian::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | utility |
plain utilitarian kitchenware.
utilitarian::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | moralist |
Examples of utilitarian
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Both were false utilitarian Utopias that in practice merely empowered dictators.
From the forbes.com
Unlike weapons, utensils or other artifacts, paint has little utilitarian value.
From the latimes.com
They fit easily with her life story, up to a point, and her utilitarian bearing.
From the theaustralian.com.au
Its political philosophy is utilitarian, reflecting the value put upon outcomes.
From the economist.com
The Pombaline style is a secular, utilitarian architecture marked by pragmatism.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Designer Andrew Lieberman's set of textured chipboard cyclorama was utilitarian.
From the express.co.uk
In the past, they were utilitarian outposts where you'd get your plants and go.
From the sfgate.com
Tyler St Garage stays true to its utilitarian history with a hard-edged interior.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Computers with the Windows operating system suddenly seem a lot less utilitarian.
From the sltrib.com
- Having a useful function; "utilitarian steel tables"
- Someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility
- Having utility often to the exclusion of values; "plain utilitarian kitchenware"
- (utilitarianism) doctrine that the useful is the good; especially as elaborated by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill; the aim was said to be the greatest happiness for the greatest number
- (Utilitarianism (architecture)) Form follows function is a principle associated with modern architecture and industrial design in the 20th century. The principle is that the shape of a building or object should be primarily based upon its intended function or purpose.
- (Utilitarianism (book)) John Stuart Mill's book Utilitarianism is a philosophical defense of utilitarianism in ethics. The essay first appeared as a series of three articles published in Fraser's Magazine in 1861; the articles were collected and reprinted as a single book in 1863. ...
- Someone who practices or advocates utilitarianism; of or relating to utility; practical and functional, not just for show
- (utilitarianism) Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) proposed that decisions should not be based on right and wrong but on the usefulness (utilitarianism) of the outcome.
- (utilitarianism) The moral theory that says an action is moral if and only if it is the best of the alternatives available to the agent.
