finalist
noun B2- An adherent of finalism; someone who believes that a given process or situation is in its final state, with no further change possible.
- Someone who believes that natural processes (especially evolution) are tending towards some specific final state; a teleologist.
- Somebody or something that appears in the final of a competition.
- A university student taking their final examinations, or in the year of study when these are taken.
Plural finalists
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