Relating to the idea that humanity has a predetermined purpose or ultimate destiny toward which it is directed.
From 'anthropoteleoclogy' or from 'anthropos' (human) + 'teleological' (having purpose/direction). This term appears in philosophical texts discussing whether human history has direction.
When someone argues that humanity is 'progressing' toward greater equality or that technology is leading us toward something inevitable, they're thinking in anthropoteleological terms—though modern thinkers often question this assumption.
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