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teleological

UK/tɛliːəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l/

teleological adjective: of or pertaining to teleology; showing evidence of design or purpose.

Adjective

teleological (comparative more teleological, superlative most teleological)

  1. Of or pertaining to teleology; showing evidence of design or purpose.
    • 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.1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.19
    • Do I believe in God? I'm what you would call a teleological, existential atheist. I believe that there's an intelligence to the universe, with the exception of certain parts of New Jersey.1973, Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman, Sleeper, spoken by Miles Monroe (Woody Allen)

teleological meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Arabic and Persian

teleological in Tamil

நோக்கியலுக்குரிய

teleological in Bengali

উদ্দেশ্যবাদ সংক্রান্ত, পরিকল্পনা, উদ্দেশ্যের প্রমাণ প্রদর্শনকারী

teleological in Arabic

pertaining to teleology
غَائِيّ ḡāʔiyy

teleological in Persian

pertaining to teleology
غایی ġâyi

Forms of teleological

comparativemore teleological
superlativemost teleological

Origin of teleological

From teleologic + -al.

Words formed from teleological

Phrases with teleological

Questions about teleological

What does teleological mean?
Teleological means of or pertaining to teleology; showing evidence of design or purpose.
What is teleological in Tamil?
Teleological in Tamil is நோக்கியலுக்குரிய. See Teleological meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is teleological?
Teleological is an adjective.
How do you pronounce teleological?
Teleological is pronounced /tɛliːəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l/ (UK).

Words near teleological in the dictionary

  1. teleofunctional
  2. teleogenesis
  3. teleogenetic
  4. teleogenic
  5. teleologic
  6. teleological
  7. teleological argument
  8. teleological arguments
  9. teleologicality
  10. teleologically
  11. teleologies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: teleological (page history and authors); teleological (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); teleological (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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