the doctrine that final causes determine the course of all events
Derived forms
finalistic (ˌfinaˈlistic)
adjective
finalism in American English
(ˈfainlˌɪzəm)
noun
the doctrine or belief that all events are determined by their purposes or goals
Word origin
[1905–10; final + -ism]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: airway, aspect ratio, revolving door, scrounge, stabilizer-ism is a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form action nounsfrom verbs (baptism). On this model, -ism is used as a productive suffix in the formation of nouns denoting action or practice,state or condition, principles, doctrines, a usage or characteristic, devotion oradherence, etc. (criticism; barbarism; Darwinism; despotism; plagiarism; realism; witticism; intellectualism)
Examples of 'finalism' in a sentence
finalism
So, we conciliate finalism and mechanicism.
Andrés Luis JAUME RODRÍGUEZ 2011, 'Mechanism and Finality in Biology', Azafea: Revista de Filosofíahttp://revistas.usal.es/index.php/0213-3563/article/view/7995. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)