teleology
nounEtymology
Partly borrowed from French téléologie and from German Teleologie + English -logy (suffix denoting a branch of learning or study of a particular subject). Téléologie and Teleologie are both derived from Late Latin teleologia, from Ancient Greek τέλεος (téleos) (the genitive singular of τέλος (télos, “final cause, purpose”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn end-over-end; to revolve around, hence, to dwell, sojourn”)) + Latin -logia (suffix denoting the logical discourse or study of a subject) (from Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā, suffix denoting a branch of learning or study of a particular subject), from λόγος (lógos, “that which is said or thought; subject matter”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect, gather”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns)). By surface analysis, teleo- (prefix meaning ‘end, goal, purpose’) + -logy.
- derived from -logia
- derived from *kʷelh₁-✻
- derived from τέλεος
- derived from teleologia
- borrowed from Teleologie
- borrowed from téléologie
Definitions
The study of the design or final purpose of natural occurrences, that is, of such…
The study of the design or final purpose of natural occurrences, that is, of such occurrences being the result of intention instead of prior causes.
The belief or theory that a natural occurrence is the result of divine design or…
The belief or theory that a natural occurrence is the result of divine design or intention rather than the laws of nature or science; theoteleology; (countable) a particular belief or theory of this sort.
The neighborhood
- neighborteleonomy
- neighborteleophobia
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for teleology. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA