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Utilitarianism
n.
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The doctrine that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the end and aim of all social and political institutions.
Utilitarianism
n.
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The doctrine that virtue is founded in utility, or that virtue is defined and enforced by its tendency to promote the highest happiness of the universe.
Utilitarianism
n.
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The doctrine that utility is the sole standard of morality, so that the rectitude of an action is determined by its usefulness.
Utility
n.
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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.
Utility
n.
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Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. See Note under Value, 2.
Utility
n.
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Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, -- the foundation of utilitarianism.
Utilizable
a.
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Capable of being utilized; as, the utilizable products of the gas works.
Utilization
n.
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The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized.
Utilized
imp. & p. p.
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of Utilize
Utilizing
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Utilize
Utilize
v. t.
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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.
Uti possidetis
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The basis or principle of a treaty which leaves belligerents mutually in possession of what they have acquired by their arms during the war.
Uti possidetis
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A species of interdict granted to one who was in possession of an immovable thing, in order that he might be declared the legal possessor.
Utis
n.
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See Utas.
Utlary
n.
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Outlawry.
Utmost
a.
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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.
Utmost
a.
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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.
Utmost
n.
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The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power, degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your utmost.
Utopia
n.
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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.
Utopia
n.
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Hence, any place or state of ideal perfection.
Utopian
a.
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Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary perfections; as, Utopian projects; Utopian happiness.
Utopian
n.
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An inhabitant of Utopia; hence, one who believes in the perfectibility of human society; a visionary; an idealist; an optimist.
Utopianism
n.
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The ideas, views, aims, etc., of a Utopian; impracticable schemes of human perfection; optimism.
Utopianist
n.
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An Utopian; an optimist.
Utopical
a.
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Utopian; ideal.
Utopist
n.
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A Utopian.
Utraquist
n.
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One who receives the eucharist in both kinds; esp., one of a body of Hussites who in the 15th century fought for the right to do this. Called also Calixtines.
Utricle
n.
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A little sac or vesicle, as the air cell of fucus, or seaweed.
Utricle
n.
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A microscopic cell in the structure of an egg, animal, or plant.
Utricle
n.
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A small, thin-walled, one-seeded fruit, as of goosefoot.