teleological

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English teleology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English teleologic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English teleological From teleologic + -al.

1. Of or pertaining to teleology; showing evidence of design or purpose.

   “It will be seen that this doctrine is optimistic and teleological: the universe and everything in it is developing towards something continually better than what went before.”

   “Do I believe in God? I'm what you would call a teleological, existential atheist. I believe that there's an intelligence to the universe, with the exception of certain parts of New Jersey.”