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Dutch
Etymology
From German Teleophobie.
Noun
teleophobie f (uncountable)
- (philosophy) teleophobia
1903, P. H. Hugenholtz Jr., “Ethisch Pantheïsme”, in De Hollandsche Revue, volume 8, page 594:Hier wordt hem, die in den hoogsten graad lijdt aan teleofobie, meent de schrijver, de zaak toch misschien te wonderlijk.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1965 October 20, G. A. Lindeboom, "Natuur en geest in de geneeskunde":
Deze onberedeneerde angst voor een teleologisch denken, deze teleophobie […]- This irrational fear of teleological thinking, this teleophobia
Usage notes
Note that teleophobie is a dated, superseded spelling.