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utilitarian |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Utilitarian \U*til`i*ta"ri*an\, a. [See {Utility}.] 1. Of or pertaining to utility; consisting in utility; ?iming at utility as distinguished from beauty, ornament, etc.; sometimes reproachfully, evincing, or characterized by a regard for utility of a lower kind or marked by a sordid spirit; as utilitarian narrowness; a utilitarian indifference to art. 2. Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting utilitarianism; as the utilitarian view of morality; the Utilitarian Society. --J. S. Mill. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Utilitarian \U*til`i*ta"ri*an\, n. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: utilitarian adj 1: having a useful function; "utilitarian steel tables" [syn: {useful}] 2: having utility often to the exclusion of values; "plain utilitarian kitchenware" n : someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility
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