utilitarian（n.）
1781年，由杰里米·本特姆（Jeremy Bentham，1748-1832）创造，由 utility 和 -arian 组成，模仿 unitarian 等。指导最大数量的人遵循最大幸福主义的信条。从1802年开始用作形容词； 在一般意义上，“注重实用而非美观”，从1847年开始。
[Bentham] had a phrase, expressive of the view he took of all moral speculations to which his method had not been applied, or (which he considered as the same thing) not founded on a recognition of utility as the moral standard ; this phrase was "vague generalities." Whatever presented itself to him in such a shape, he dismissed as unworthy of notice, or dwelt upon only to denounce as absurd. He did not heed, or rather the nature of his mind prevented it from occurring to him, that these generalities contained the whole unanalyzed experience of the human race. [John Stuart Mill, "The Works of Jeremy Bentham," London and Westminster Review, August 1838]
“本特姆有一个短语，表达了他对所有道德思考的看法，这些思考没有应用他的方法，或者（他认为这是同一件事）没有以实用作为道德标准的基础； 这个短语是“模糊的概括”。他认为任何以这种形式呈现的东西都不值得注意，或者只是用来谴责为荒谬的。他没有注意到，或者更确切地说，他的思维方式阻止他想到，这些概括包含了整个未经分析的人类经验。” [约翰·斯图尔特·密尔，《杰里米·本特姆的作品》，伦敦和威斯敏斯特评论，1838年8月]
该词起源时间：1781年