utilitarian
Speech parts
1. utilitarian - Noun
2. utilitarian - Adjective
3. utilitarian - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
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.
Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the Utilitarian Society.
One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism.
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Examples
The fault of the utilitarian doctrine is that it mistakes impersonality for impartiality.
What the Net does is shift the emphasis of our intelligence, away from what might be called a meditative or contemplative intelligence and more toward what might be called a utilitarian intelligence. The price of zipping among lots of bits of information is a loss of depth in our thinking.
It is unfortunately very true that, without leisure and money, love can be no more than an orgy of the common man. Instead of being a sudden impulse full of ardor and reverie, it becomes a distastefully utilitarian affair.
Universities are the cathedrals of the modern age. They shouldn't have to justify their existence by utilitarian criteria.
I am a bike enthusiast; there's a certain amount of romance to bikes. They're both beautiful and utilitarian.
A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses.