Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The end of a goal-oriented process.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Greek; see kwel- in Indo-European roots.]

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Examples

  • We see this over-arching teleological from the Greek word telos or goal understanding of the human good present in the following statement that De Roover makes concerning the teaching of St. Antonino:

    Corporation Christendom Part Two 2007

  • 'Teleology' is derived from the Greek word telos, which means 'end.

    Vanguard alexsamade 2010

  • 'Teleology' is derived from the Greek word telos, which means 'end.

    Vanguard alexsamade 2010

  • Derived from the Greek word telos, which refers to purpose or end, this argument hinges on the idea that the world gives evidence of being designed, and concludes that a divine designer must be posited to account for the orderly world we encounter.

    UUpdates - All updates 2010

  • 'Teleology' is derived from the Greek word telos, which means 'end.

    Vanguard alexsamade 2010

  • Derived from the Greek word telos, which refers to purpose or end, this argument hinges on the idea that the world gives evidence of being designed, and concludes that a divine designer must be posited to account for the orderly world we encounter.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • "We must also conclude that the Dionysian telos is inherent in any archetypal situation or image,"

    Romanticism, Alchemy, and Psychology 2008

  • The sign of the telos is the setting up of "the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet."

    Commentary on Revelation 1837-1913 1909

  • These stages eventually reach the "telos" (Greek for "end") of self-understanding, and we aren't free to understand reality until Geist comes to know itself.

    Joe Cutbirth: Will We Let HBO Kill Tony Soprano? 2008

  • When someone who accepts modern biology says that non-abortifacient contraception is unnatural, they are referring to the telos of an action, primarily, and not a person, or they refer to a person only in the sense in which their telos is subject to the "telos" of the action.

    Archive 2007-02-01 Mike L 2007

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