I. - ə lə̇st noun
( -s )
Etymology: French finaliste, from final + -iste -ist
1. : a believer in or advocate of finalism
2. : any of the contestants who meet in the final round of a competition
II. adjective
or fi·nal·is·tic | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|istik
: teleological