(1) The striving to partake in a pantheistic whole is ever present and it takes many forms; if one avenue towards its realization is blocked, it surges out from another channel.
Pragmatist
Definition:
(n.) One who is pragmatic.
Example Sentences:
(1) The prime minister, ever the pragmatist, sees a flawed alliance of states that aggregates its power to “fix stuff”.
(2) This led some to label him a moderate, though “pragmatist” might be more accurate.
(3) It's a belated recognition of this verdict that has spurred a new debate on the centre-right, with pragmatists from influential skills minister Matthew Hancock to key players at the Daily Telegraph moving beyond grudging acceptance of the existence of the minimum wage to making a more full-throated case for strengthening it.
(4) According to ETC, there are now several groupings, including the pragmatists, such as Branson, Lomborg and the American Enterprise Institute, which argue that geo-engineering is faster and cheaper than carbon taxes and emissions reductions, so just get on with it; and the theorists, such as the Royal Society and the Carnegie Institution for Science in the US which say we must have an emergency Plan B because we are heading for a certain climate catastrophe; meanwhile, businesses such as the Ocean Fertilisation Company and the Biochar Initiative see dollars.
(5) Apple CEO Tim Cook has, if nothing else, demonstrated an ability to be a pragmatist.
(6) Some would say the Sunderland manager – whose evolving side have one point from four games – was foolish to combat Arsenal with a 4-4-2 system featuring two orthodox wingers flanking a midfield anchored by the far from heavyweight David Vaughan and the debut-making Ki Sung-yueng but the Italian is not one of life's natural pragmatists.
(7) Avaaz is both global and globalised and its approach is less bleeding-heart liberal than hard-headed pragmatist.
(8) Dercon, who met Fayadh during a trip to Saudi Arabia two years ago, said he was a victim of the power struggles among reformists, pragmatists and ultraconservatives in the Gulf state.
(9) "He's an extreme pragmatist, less ideological even than David Cameron."
(10) She’s as good as anyone just because she hasn’t come from a private school with incredible wealth.” In policy terms, she is, like Blair, a pragmatist declaring that “what matters is what works”.
(11) The difference now is that pragmatists in Iran have a man to represent them, and he appears to enjoy political cover.
(12) The twists and shifts of a cynical, and increasingly unhappy, pragmatist briefly followed the same course as a principled idiosyncrat.
(13) You never know whether he would do any deals with Iran behind the scenes.” Nuclear weapons: how foreign hotspots could test Trump's finger on the trigger Read more Iran’s own pragmatists, notably the current president, Hassan Rouhani , however, don’t share that view, said Hadian.
(14) Is he an ideologue, a pragmatist or an opportunist?
(15) "[He] is an arch-pragmatist who makes terrible misjudgments, but he should not be demonised," says a western diplomat.
(16) Downplaying independence has enabled the SNP leader to present himself as a pragmatist, while retaining a claim to lead the only party committed only to Scotland .
(17) To be fair to the Brexiteers, the right in Britain has always consisted of an uneasy alliance between Tory pragmatists and change-hungry libertarians.
(18) Is there such a thing as Mayism, or is she simply a grey, autocratic pragmatist?
(19) He comes across as a courteous, efficient pragmatist, a director whose experience of everything from ads (he met his partner, Ceán Chaffin, while doing one for Coca-Cola) to music videos (including Madonna's Vogue ) to films has given him remarkable financial realism.
(20) O’Neill is keen to play the pragmatist, insisting third place and a play-off remains his primary objective, but he also had a feeling that a big result was in the offing in Athens.