4 definitions
for instrumentalist
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Instrumentalism \In`stru*men"tal*ism\, n. (Philos.)
The view that the sanction of truth is its utility, or that
truth is genuine only in so far as it is a valuable
instrument. -- In`stru*men"tal*ist, n.
Instrumentalism views truth as simply the value
belonging to certain ideas in so far as these ideas are
biological functions of our organisms, and
psychological functions whereby we direct our choices
and attain our successes. --Josiah
Royce.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Instrumentalist \In`stru*men"tal*ist\, n.
One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished
from a vocalist.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
instrumentalist
n : someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
[syn: musician, player]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "instrumentalist":
Cyrenaic, Eleatic, Epicurean, Megarian, Stoic, accompanist,
accompanyist, animist, animistic, atomistic, bandman,
cosmotheistic, eclectic, empirical, eudaemonistic, existential,
hedonic, hedonist, hedonistic, humanist, humanistic, idealistic,
instrumentist, materialistic, mechanistic, metaphysical, monistic,
naturalistic, nominalist, panlogistical, pantheistic, positivist,
positivistic, pragmatic, pragmatist, rationalistic, realist,
realistic, ripieno, scholastic, sensationalistic, symphonist,
syncretistic, theistic, transcendentalist, transcendentalistic,
utilitarian, vitalistic, voluntarist, voluntaristic
