finalisme
French, noun/fi.na.lism/
finalisme is spelled F-I-N-A-L-I-S-M-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 181,983rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Finalisme is a French masculine noun meaning “finalism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Doctrine privilégiant l'action et l'intervention de causes finales pour expliquer soit l'ensemble des…”.
What does finalisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefinalism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Doctrine privilégiant l'action et l'intervention de causes finales pour expliquer soit l'ensemble des phénomènes naturels, soit plus spécifiquement les processus vitaux.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of finalisme
- finalismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce finalisme?
- /fi.na.lism/
- /fi.na.lizm/
- \fi.nal.ism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is finalisme in French?
finalisme appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).