telos

/ˈtiː.lɒs/

telos noun: the aim, purpose, or end goal.

Noun

telos (plural teloses or teloi or tele or telea)

(metaphysics) The aim, purpose, or end goal.
- But confusion persists because of the more contentious issue between the technos and the telos of music and art making in general, the instruments versus the purposes to which they are put, the means and the ends.2005, Mathew Callahan, The Trouble with Music, page 83
- the collapsing of bios and technos into each other is not only politically naive, producing a completely reified grand narrative of technology as the true agent and telos of natural and (in)human historyKeith Ansell-Pearson, quoted in 2014, Paul D. Miller, DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, Svitlana Matviyenko, The Imaginary App (page 94)

উদ্দেশ্য, লক্ষ্য, বা চূড়ান্ত গন্তব্য

A compromise does not bring us closer to a higher telos in history.
In a pragmatic approach, the telos does not guarantee its results entelechially.
The end or goal is the telos; it shows up as the second syllable of the word en-TEL-echy.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τέλος (télos).

What does telos mean?: Telos means the aim, purpose, or end goal.
What is telos in Bengali?: Telos in Bengali is উদ্দেশ্য, লক্ষ্য, বা চূড়ান্ত গন্তব্য. See Telos meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is telos?: Telos is a noun.
How do you pronounce telos?: Telos is pronounced /ˈtiː.lɒs/.
What is the plural of telos?: The plural of telos is teloses.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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