Teguritele

Teguritele is a term used in Estonian-language discussions of causation and decision-making to denote a set of factors that influence outcomes in complex systems. The word is formed from tegur, meaning factor or determinant, with the plural form -itele, used to refer collectively to multiple determinants. In scholarly writing, teguritele commonly appears in analyses that adopt a multi-causal perspective, rather than attributing outcomes to a single cause.

The concept is applied across disciplines such as public health, economics, environmental policy, and organizational studies. For example, researchers may analyze teguritele that affect the adoption of new technology, including economic conditions, social norms, regulatory environment, and infrastructure. Similarly, in risk assessment, teguritele represent the array of factors that contribute to risk levels and to the effectiveness of mitigation measures.

Critically, teguritele are studied to identify interactions among factors, feedback loops, and threshold effects, highlighting that outcomes emerge from the interplay of multiple determinants.

The term remains most common in Estonian-language texts but may appear in comparative studies discussing how different languages classify determinants.

See also: tegur (factor), determinant, risk factor, systems thinking, causation.