English Explanatory Dictionary

art of the possible

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. pragmatism, realism

Word forms

art of the possible the art of the possible

Etymology

Calque of German Kunst des Möglichen, coined by Otto von Bismarck. The possible is here a singular nominalised adjective, meaning “that which is possible”.

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