Meaning of utilitarian in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    utilitarian

    Definitions

    1. having a useful function

    Examples

    • « utilitarian steel tables »

    Synonyms

  2. 2. having utility often to the exclusion of values

    Examples

    • « plain utilitarian kitchenware »

    Synonyms

  3. Noun

    utilitarian

    Definitions

    1. someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility

Famous quotes

  • « In other words, knowledge of the external world begins with an immediate utilisation of things, whereas knowledge of self is stopped by this purely practical and utilitarian contact. »
    Jean Piaget
  • « There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in prose or at least in more or less apparent prose millions of poets write verses which have no connection with poetry. »
    Eugenio Montale
  • « Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we must hope that it will remain a deception lest it become a utilitarian thing, sad as a factory. »
    Claude Debussy

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