Utilitarian Definition

yo͝o-tĭlĭ-târē-ən
utilitarians
adjective
Of or having to do with utility.
Webster's New World
Made for or aiming at utility.
Webster's New World
Stressing usefulness over beauty or other considerations.
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Of, having to do with, or believing in utilitarianism.
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noun
utilitarians
A person who believes in utilitarianism.
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Other Word Forms of Utilitarian

Noun

Singular:
utilitarian
Plural:
utilitarians

Origin of Utilitarian

  • 1781 utility +"Ž -arian

    From Wiktionary

  • utilit(y) –arian

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Utilitarian Sentence Examples

  • Utilitarian trees and plants are legion.

  • It was practised more as a phase of aesthetic culture than with any utilitarian views.

  • In political economy he was a Utilitarian on the lines of Mill and Bentham; his work was the careful investigation of first principles and the investigation of ambiguities rather than constructive.

  • Not surprisingly, this is one nylon bag that's as glamorous as it is utilitarian.

  • Of the great army of writers who flourished in the first half of the 19th century some were closely identified with the utilitarian school, and the majority were influenced in a greater or less degree by the prevailing ideas of that school.

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