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utilitarian definition

utili·tar·ian (yo̵̅o̅ til′ə ter′ē ən)

adjective

  1. of or having to do with utility
  2. stressing usefulness over beauty or other considerations
  3. made for or aiming at utility
  4. of, or having belief in, utilitarianism

Etymology: utilit(y) + -arian: coined (1781) by Jeremy Bentham

noun

a person who believes in utilitarianism

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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