teleology (study of the purpose or design of natural occurrences) · teleology, finalism (movement of phenomena and processes in nature and society towards some goal)
çekim: tamlayan teleologii
eş: finalizm, celowość
köken: Internationalism; compare English teleology, French téléologie, German Teleologie, ultimately from Ancient Greek τέλος (télos) + λόγος (lógos).