| 单词 | teleological |
| 释义 | teleological (once / 20957 pages) adj Teleological means starting from the end and reasoning back. Intelligent design is a teleological argument for God's existence: the universe is too complex to be the result of random "accident," thus there must be a God who created it. Teleological comes from the Greek roots telos "end" or "purpose" and -ology "study of." So teleology and teleological arguments try to explain the result (in this case, the complexity and seeming order of the universe) by postulating a purpose. If you take a teleological view of humanity, you think human life has purpose and is moving toward some goal. WORD FAMILYteleological: teleologically+/teleologist: teleologists/teleology: teleological, teleologies, teleologist USAGE EXAMPLESOur art history is organized teleologically—it’s an arrow. Slate(Sep 13, 2016) Parenting is teleological; parents rear a child to become an adult. New York Times(May 12, 2016) This represents a shockingly teleological view, as if natural selection is seeking certain outcomes, which it is not. New York Times(Sep 15, 2015) adj of or relating to teleology |
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