teleological

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /tɛliːəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l/   

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  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.

词形变化

more teleological comparative most teleological superlative

词源

Etymology tree
English teleology
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English teleologic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English teleological
From teleologic + -al.
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