Usually means: Maximizing happiness, minimizing suffering universally.
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  1. utilitarianism: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. utilitarianism: Merriam-Webster
  3. utilitarianism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. utilitarianism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. utilitarianism: Collins English Dictionary
  6. utilitarianism: Vocabulary.com
  7. Utilitarianism, utilitarianism: Wordnik
  8. utilitarianism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. utilitarianism: Wiktionary
  10. utilitarianism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. utilitarianism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. utilitarianism: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. utilitarianism: Dictionary.com
  14. Utilitarianism (book), Utilitarianism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Utilitarianism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. utilitarianism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. utilitarianism: Rhymezone
  18. Utilitarianism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. utilitarianism: FreeDictionary.org
  20. utilitarianism: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. utilitarianism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. utilitarianism: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. utilitarianism: Glossary of research economics
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  1. utilitarianism: Encyclopedia

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  2. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)

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  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

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  1. Utilitarianism: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  (philosophy) A system of ethics based on the premise that something's value may be measured by its usefulness.
noun:  (philosophy) The theory that action should be directed toward achieving the "greatest happiness for the greatest number of people" (hedonistic universalism), or one of various related theories.
noun:  Practicality, functionality, as opposed to e.g. aesthetics.

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