finalistic, a.
(faɪnəˈlɪstɪk)
[f. finalist + -ic.]
Of or pertaining to finalism (sense 2).
| 1927 Mod. Philology Nov. 225 But the fact that we are not omniscient..is no warrant for a finalistic hypothesis. 1958 New Scientist 16 Oct. 1076/3 The ‘mechanistic’ and the ‘finalistic’ descriptions of biological phenomena. |