adjective

• 1Philosophy
  Relating to or involving the explanation of phenomena in terms of the purpose they serve rather than of the cause by which they arise.

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  • ‘teleological narratives of progress’

  1. 1.1Theology Relating to the doctrine of design and purpose in the material world.
     ‘a teleological view of nature’
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     • ‘teleological arguments for God's existence’