utilitarian
utilitarian is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the Utilitarian Society. J. S. Mill.
- 2.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. Chalmers. But what is a utilitarian Simply one who prefers the useful to the useless; and who does not Sir W. Hamilton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- benevolence
- benevolent
- chivalric
- chivalry
- citizen
- civism
- common
- communism
- communist
- cosmopolitan
- cosmopolitanism
- cosmopolite
- country
- errant
- errantry
- generosity
- generous
- happiness
- humane
- humanitarian
- humanitarianism
- humanity
- knight
- large-hearted
- love
- nationality
- nihil
- number
- patriot
- patriotic
- patriotism
- perdu
- phalansterianism
- philanthropic
- philanthropist
- philanthropy
- pro
- public
- science
- social
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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