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Dysteleology

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The view that existence has no telos or final cause from purposeful design. uncountable
  2. 2
    The study of apparently functionless rudimentary organs in animals and plants. uncountable
  3. 3
    The frustration of natural function, as for example where an insect obtains honey by puncturing a nectary instead of by the floral opening. uncountable

Etymology

From dys- + teleology.

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