单词 | designedness |
释义 | designednessn. The quality or fact of being, or of having been, designed or intended. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [noun] > fact of being intended advisementa1398 intentionality1611 studiedness1656 propenseness1672 intendedness1800 designedness1801 designfulness1867 wilfulness1876 directedness1922 1801 H. Marsh tr. J. D. Michaelis Introd. New Test. III. 189 The difficulty attending the supposition of a designedness of compilation [of manuscripts]. 1878 J. Jefferson tr. H. Gebhardt Doctr. Apocalypse 342 He [sc. John the evangelist], in all the sufferings of Jesus, points out their voluntariness, designedness, and the entire absence of constraint. 1902 J. M. Robertson Lett. on Reasoning viii. 125 The same assertor of the designedness of the entire order of Nature practises prayer to the designer. 1998 D. Ratzsch in W. Dembski Mere Creation iv. xii. 290 Designedness is frequently evident in human products—spoons, watches, bulldozers—that do not appear in nature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1801 |
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