TELEOLOGY
\tˌɛlɪˈɒləd͡ʒi], \tˌɛlɪˈɒlədʒi], \t_ˌɛ_l_ɪ__ˈɒ_l_ə_dʒ_i]\
Definitions of TELEOLOGY
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The doctrine of the final causes of things
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the doctrine of design, which assumes that the phenomena of organic life, particularly those of evolution, are explicable only by purposive causes, and that they in no way admit of a mechanical explanation or one based entirely on biological science; the doctrine of adaptation to purpose.
By Oddity Software
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The doctrine of the final causes of things
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the doctrine of design, which assumes that the phenomena of organic life, particularly those of evolution, are explicable only by purposive causes, and that they in no way admit of a mechanical explanation or one based entirely on biological science; the doctrine of adaptation to purpose.
By Noah Webster.
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The science or doctrine of final causes; (a) the doctrine which asserts that all things which exist were produced by an intelligent being for the end which they fulfill; the science of the ends or design for which things exist or were created: (b) a name proposed by John Stuart Mill for a science which should give a reasoned exhibition to the ends of human action.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
Word of the day
tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].