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[ tel-ee-uh-loj-i-kuhl, tee-lee- ] / ˌtɛl i əˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl, ˌti li- /
adjective Philosophy.of or relating to teleology, the philosophical doctrine that final causes, design, and purpose exist in nature. Sometimes tel·e·o·log·ic . Origin of teleologicalteleolog(y) + -ical OTHER WORDS FROM teleologicaltel·e·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·tel·e·o·log·i·cal, adjectivenon·tel·e·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby teleologicaltelencephalic flexure, telencephalon, telenovela, teleo-, teleobjective lens, teleological, teleological argument, teleology, teleomitosis, teleonomy, teleopsia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for teleologicalFinally, Obama weighed in with his teleological view of the historical process, revealing a rather optimistic and Whiggish view. On ‘Hardball,’ Obama Touts HealthCare.gov, Dodges Clinton-Biden Talk|Ben Jacobs|December 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST The pointy undergarment reached its teleological conclusion in 1990, when Gaultier designed the rocket cone bra for Madonna. Bra of the Century|Rebecca Dana|June 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST It is simply the Aristotelian distinction between efficient and teleological causation. Leibniz's New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding|John Dewey From the days of Plato to our own times, there have been but few objectors to the teleological or purposive view of nature. Evolution, Old & New|Samuel Butler
The teleological faculty of judgment has also to consider this faculty of design. A History of Philosophy in Epitome|Albert Schwegler The metaphysical (teleological) principle can only be conceived of as the ultimate ground of the mechanism of Nature, 709. Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)|August Weismann Such, on these principles, is their teleological explanation. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2)|John William Draper
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