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Select the most appropriate synonym of the word: TELEOLOGICAL

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SSC CHSL 2025 Tier 1 Question Paper (21-Nov-2025) (Shift 1)
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Purpose-driven

The task is to choose the option nearest in meaning to 'teleological'.

The word derives from Greek 'telos', meaning end, goal or final purpose, and gives us 'teleology', the study that explains things by the end they serve.

A teleological explanation accounts for something by pointing to the aim or final cause it is directed towards, rather than by the prior causes that produced it.

Therefore anything described as teleological is fundamentally goal- or purpose-oriented, understood in terms of the outcome it works towards.

'Purpose-driven' captures exactly this orientation towards an intended goal, so it is the correct synonym.

'Random' is the opposite, implying no aim at all; 'Historical' looks backward to past events rather than to a goal ahead; and 'Reactive' means merely responding to stimuli instead of pursuing an end.

Rule: teleology equals goal- or purpose-orientation, so the most appropriate synonym is Purpose-driven.

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