1. (philosophy) the end or purpose of a thing or process

Derived forms: final causes

Type of: aim, design, intent, intention, purpose

Encyclopedia: Final cause

• self-perpetuating
• self-pity
• self-pitying
• self-pollinated
• self-pollinating
• self-pollination
• self-portrait
• self-possessed
• self-possession
• self-praise
• self-preservation
• self-pride
• self-proclaimed
• self-produced
• self-propelled
• self-propelled vehicle
• self-propelling
• self-protection
• self-punishment
• self-raising flour
• self-realisation
• self-realization
• self-referent
• self-referential
• self-reformation