All 4 Uses

pragmatic
in
Gone Girl
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I was raised by pragmatic parents who pictured their child as a future office worker of some sort, making a living of some sort.†
p. 36.8 *

pragmatic = concerned with practical matters
The hallmarks of an extremely pragmatic killer.†
p. 80.1
I am pragmatic to a fault—my friends could certainly tell the police that.†
p. 80.2
But part of it, in truth, was my strong streak of pragmatism—it was almost grotesque, how practical (self-serving?)†
p. 150.5

pragmatism = concern with practical matters

Definitions:

(1) (pragmatic)
concerned with practical matters -- especially where quick results and/or practical experience triumph over theory
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)