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(89), a. [Fr. utilitaire, from Lat. utilitas, utility.] Consisting in, or pertaining to, utility; pertaining to utilitarianism; — often used in a reproachful sense as applied to that which evinces, or is characterized by, a regard for utility of a lower kind, or is marked by a sordid spirit.
n. One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism.
The utilitarians are for merging all the particular virtues into one, and would substitute in their place the greatest usefulness, as the alone principle to which every question respecting the morality of actions should be referred. Chalmers.
But what is a utilitarian? Simply one who prefers the useful to the useless; and who does not? Sir W. Hamilton.