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teleological

adj
/tɛliːəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l/UK

Etymology

From teleologic + -al.

  1. derived from *leǵ-✻ — “to collect, gather”
  2. derived from -logia
  3. derived from *kʷelh₁-✻
  4. derived from τέλεος
  5. derived from teleologia
  6. borrowed from Teleologie
  7. borrowed from téléologie
  8. suffixed as teleologic — “teleology + ic”
  9. suffixed as teleological — “teleologic + al”

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to teleology

    Of or pertaining to teleology; showing evidence of design or purpose.

    • It will be seen that this doctrine is optimistic and teleological: the universe and everything in it is developing towards something continually better than what went before.
    • Do I believe in God? I'm what you would call a teleological, existential atheist. I believe that there's an intelligence to the universe, with the exception of certain parts of New Jersey.

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