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- English Word Utilitarianism Definition The doctrine that utility is the sole standard of morality, so that the rectitude of an action is determined by its usefulness.
- English Word Utility Definition The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the utility of the sciences; the utility of medicines.
- English Word Utility Definition Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. See Note under Value, 2.
- English Word Utility Definition Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, -- the foundation of utilitarianism.
- English Word Utilizable Definition Capable of being utilized; as, the utilizable products of the gas works.
- English Word Utilization Definition The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized.
- English Word Utilize Definition To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.
- English Word Utilized Definition of Utilize
- English Word Utilizing Definition of Utilize
- English Word Utis Definition See Utas.
- English Word Utlary Definition Outlawry.
- English Word Utmost Definition Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge.
- English Word Utmost Definition Being in the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number, or the like; greatest; as, the utmost assiduity; the utmost harmony; the utmost misery or happiness.
- English Word Utmost Definition The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power, degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your utmost.
- English Word Utopia Definition An imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a work called Utopia, as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics, laws, and the like. See Utopia, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
- English Word Utopia Definition Hence, any place or state of ideal perfection.
- English Word Utopian Definition Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary perfections; as, Utopian projects; Utopian happiness.
- English Word Utopian Definition An inhabitant of Utopia; hence, one who believes in the perfectibility of human society; a visionary; an idealist; an optimist.
- English Word Utopianism Definition The ideas, views, aims, etc., of a Utopian; impracticable schemes of human perfection; optimism.
- English Word Utopianist Definition An Utopian; an optimist.