dysteleology
The view that existence has no telos or final cause from purposeful designThe view that existence has no telos or final cause from purposeful design.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)The view that existence has no telos or final cause from purposeful design.
(uncountable)The study of apparently functionless rudimentary organs in animals and plants.
(uncountable)The frustration of natural function, as for example where an insect obtains nectar by puncturing a nectary instead of by the floral opening.
Origin
From dys- + teleology.From dys- + teleology.
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Word family
2 related wordsRelateddysteleological
Deriveddysteleologist
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable