"teleological" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.19",
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
          "word": "teleològic"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
          "word": "téléologique"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
          "word": "teleolóxico"
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
          "word": "teileolaíoch"
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          "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
          "word": "teleologico"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
          "word": "teleologiczny"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
          "word": "teleológico"
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          "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
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          "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
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          "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
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          "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
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          "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
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  "word": "teleological"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
      "word": "teleològic"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
      "word": "teleologisch"
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    {
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
      "word": "téléologique"
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
      "word": "teleolóxico"
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      "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
      "word": "teileolaíoch"
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      "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
      "word": "teleologiczny"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
      "word": "teleológico"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
      "word": "teleologic"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
      "word": "teleológico"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
      "word": "teleologisk"
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      "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
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      "sense": "pertaining to teleology",
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