what does utilitarian mean?
UTILITARIAN as NOUN
- Meaning
- someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility
Hypernyms(s) utilitarian is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
UTILITARIAN as ADJECTIVE
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- Meaning
- having utility often to the exclusion of values
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- plain utilitarian kitchenware
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