Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - teleology
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noun Etymology: New Latin teleologia, from Greek tele-, telos end, purpose + -logia -logy — more at wheel Date: 1740 1. a. the study of evidences of design in nature b. a doctrine (as in vitalism) that ends are immanent in nature c. a doctrine explaining phenomena by final causes 2. the fact or character attributed to nature or natural processes of being directed toward an end or shaped by a purpose 3. the use of design or purpose as an explanation of natural phenomena • teleologist noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. -ies) Philos. 1 the explanation of phenomena by the purpose they serve rather than by postulated causes. 2 Theol. the doctrine of design and purpose in the material world. Derivatives teleologic adj. teleological adj. teleologically adv. teleologism n. teleologist n. Etymology: mod.L teleologia f. Gk telos teleos end + -LOGY ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1740, from Mod.L. teleologia, from Gk. teleos (gen. of telos "end, goal, result") + -logia. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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