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もくてきいん
Meanings
Noun
Philosophy
1. final cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")
Alt. forms
目
もく
的
てき
因
いん
もくてきいん
Pitch accent
も
くてき
いん
Composed of
もくてき
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
いん
cause; factor; hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions); the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya)