different between teleological vs teleology

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From teleologic +? -al.

teleological (comparative more teleological, superlative most teleological)

Of or pertaining to teleology; showing evidence of design or purpose.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.19:
  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.

From Ancient Greek ????? (télos, “purpose”), genitive ?????? (téleos), and ????? (lógos, “word, speech, discourse”).

teleology (countable and uncountable, plural teleologies)

(philosophy) The study of the purpose or design of natural occurrences.
(by extension) An instance of such a design or purpose, usually in natural phenomena.
The use of a purpose or design rather than the laws of nature to explain an occurrence.

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