- utilitarian (n.)
[utilitarian 词源字典]
- 1781, coined by Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) from utility + -arian on the model of + unitarian, etc. One guided by the doctrine of the greatest happiness for the greatest number. From 1802 as an adjective; in the general sense "having regard to utility rather than beauty," from 1847.[utilitarian etymology, utilitarian origin, 英语词源]