1. In philosophy , the abstract noun design refers to purpose/purposefulness, or teleology .

2. Anthropocentrism is one of the most consistent expressions of teleology—that is, the ascription of extranatural goals to the world

3. 4 Globalization differs from modernization by relinquishing a Eurocentric teleology to accommodate the possibility of different historical trajectories in the unfolding of modernity.

4. The densely referenced monograph of today, however, which is based upon detailed archival research and carefully avoids the teleology implicit in so much historical writing of the past, has more in common with the Antiquarian scholarship of earlier

5. ‘He fails to grasp the structural teleology of a composition, Blithely ignoring any real legato.’ ‘The Times columnist was Blithely condescending to the songwriting team's canon.’ ‘Indeed, the fiction of an Australia Blithely indifferent to America is the single-most unrealistic aspect of the film.’

6. ‘He fails to grasp the structural teleology of a composition, Blithely ignoring any real legato.’ ‘The Times columnist was Blithely condescending to the songwriting team's canon.’ ‘Indeed, the fiction of an Australia Blithely indifferent to America is the single-most unrealistic aspect of the film.’