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teloses

teloses is the plural of telos.

Meaning of telos

Noun

telos (plural teloses or teloi or tele or telea)

  1. (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

Questions about teloses

What is teloses the plural of?
Teloses is the plural of telos.

Words near teloses in the dictionary

  1. telopsis
  2. telos
  3. teloschistacean
  4. teloschistaceous
  5. teloschistin
  6. teloses
  7. telosmoside
  8. telosome
  9. telosomes
  10. telosomic
  11. telosomics

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