Teleophobie

German

Etymology

Coined by biologist Karl Ernst von Baer in the 1860s. Equivalent to Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “purpose”) + -φοβία (-phobía, “-phobia”).

Noun

Teleophobie f (genitive Teleophobie, no plural)

1. (philosophy) teleophobia
   • 1874 August 10, letter Anton Dohrn to von Baer (quoted by and translated by American Philosophical Society[1]):

     […] auch habe ich wiederholt den Protest gegen die Teleophobie

     […] I have also read the protest against teleophobia repeatedly

Declension

Declension of Teleophobie [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Teleophobie
genitive	einer	der	Teleophobie
dative	einer	der	Teleophobie
accusative	eine	die	Teleophobie

Descendants

• → Dutch: teleophobie
• → English: teleophobia