teleological
[tel-ee-uh-loj-i-kuh l, tee-lee-]
- of or relating to teleology, the philosophical doctrine that final causes, design, and purpose exist in nature.
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Sometimes tel·e·o·log·ic.
Origin of teleological
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Examples from the Web for teleological
Contemporary Examples
Finally, Obama weighed in with his teleological view of the historical process, revealing a rather optimistic and Whiggish view.
The pointy undergarment reached its teleological conclusion in 1990, when Gaultier designed the rocket cone bra for Madonna.
Historical Examples
To the first class belongs the teleological theory of creation.
TimaeusPlato
Aristotle's "form," like Plato's "idea," is a teleological principle.
The Approach to PhilosophyRalph Barton Perry
This (teleological) question deserves the most careful consideration.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4Plotinos (Plotinus)
He does not really mean that some action is physical, while other is teleological.
But the teleological argument is that which has been most popular in England.