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teleology

 
     
  A theory that events can be accounted for as stages in the movement towards a pre-ordained end which may be determined by those involved, as in various forms of planning, or may be externally defined, as in many religions. (See also functionalism; stages of growth.) (RJJ)  
 

 

 

 
 
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