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.
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Teleological
Synonyms for "teleological" (17 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (5)
Related words (8)
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1 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
14 translations across 13 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- غَائِيّ adj (pertaining to teleology)
Catalan
1 entries- teleològic adj (pertaining to teleology)
Dutch
1 entries- teleologisch adj (pertaining to teleology)
French
1 entries- téléologique adj (pertaining to teleology)
Galician
1 entries- teleolóxico adj (pertaining to teleology)
Irish
1 entries- teileolaíoch adj (pertaining to teleology)
Italian
1 entries- teleologico adj (pertaining to teleology)
Polish
1 entries- teleologiczny adj (pertaining to teleology)
Portuguese
1 entries- teleológico adj (pertaining to teleology)
Romanian
1 entries- teleologic adj (pertaining to teleology)
Spanish
1 entries- teleológico adj (pertaining to teleology)
Swedish
1 entries- teleologisk adj (pertaining to teleology)
Turkish
2 entries- erek bilimsel adj (pertaining to teleology)
- teleolojik adj (pertaining to teleology)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
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.
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