utilitarian has definitions from the field of philosophy
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[ adjective ] having a useful function

Synonyms

useful

Examples

"utilitarian steel tables"

Used in print

(Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)

`` One of the things which makes our lives drab and empty and which leaves us , at the end of the day , fatigued and deflated spiritually is the pressure of the taxing , practical , utilitarian concern of common-sense objects .

Related terms

functional

2
[ adjective ] having utility often to the exclusion of values

Examples

"plain utilitarian kitchenware"

Related terms

useful

3
[ noun ] (philosophy) someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility

Related terms

moralist

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