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endlike

endlike adjective: of, relating to, or pertaining to the end; final; terminal.

Adjective

endlike (comparative more endlike, superlative most endlike)

  1. Of, relating to, or pertaining to the end; final; terminal.
    • […] and if there is more than one virtue, from the best and most final (or endlike) of them over a finished lifetime.2003, D. N. Sedley, The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy
    • I am proposing here to understand the qualifier τελεα in application to eudaimonia in X 7 (as with τελειοτάτη ἀρετÆ at I 7, 1098a18) as meaning “final” or “endlike,” in accordance with Aristotle's explicit statement [...]2004, John Madison Cooper, Knowledge, nature, and the good: essays on ancient philosophy

Examples of endlike in a sentence

  • Thus what Aristotle is referring to are endlike results that arise in nature but are produced in an unusual or exceptional fashion; […]2007, Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, William R. Newman, The artificial and the natural: an evolving polarity:
  • Or, rather, here are some things that seem endlike, but they are not truly endlike.2008, Craig Hovey, To share in the body:
  • Invoking once again the criteria he laid down in I.7 for the best good, he tries to show that the contemplative life is most endlike and most self-sufficient, […]2009, Aristotle, Lesley Brown, The Nicomachean Ethics:

Forms of endlike

comparativemore endlike
superlativemost endlike

Origin of endlike

From end + -like.

Questions about endlike

What does endlike mean?
Endlike means of, relating to, or pertaining to the end; final; terminal.
How do you use endlike in a sentence?
Thus what Aristotle is referring to are endlike results that arise in nature but are produced in an unusual or exceptional fashion; […]
What part of speech is endlike?
Endlike is an adjective.

Words near endlike in the dictionary

  1. endlesse
  2. endlessly
  3. endlessness
  4. endlessnesses
  5. endlichite
  6. endlike
  7. endline
  8. endlines
  9. endling
  10. endlings
  11. endloader

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