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モクテキイン
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
モクテキイン
Pitch accent
モ
クテキ
イン
Composed of
モクテキ
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
イン
cause; factor; hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions); the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya)