teleological

English

Etymology

From teleologic +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɛliːəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l/

Adjective

teleological (comparative more teleological, superlative most teleological)

1. Of or pertaining to teleology; showing evidence of design or purpose.
   • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.19:

     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.

Derived terms

• teleological argument
• teleologically
• unteleological

 

Translations

pertaining to teleology

• Catalan: teleològic
• Dutch: teleologisch (nl)
• French: téléologique (fr)
• Galician: teleolóxico
• Irish: teileolaíoch
• Italian: teleologico (it)
• Polish: teleologiczny (pl)
• Portuguese: teleológico (pt)
• Romanian: teleologic (ro)
• Spanish: teleológico (es)
• Swedish: teleologisk (sv)
• Turkish: erek bilimsel, teleolojik (tr)