dysteleology (English, noun)
expansion: dysteleology (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The view that existence has no telos or final cause from purposeful design.
tags: uncountable
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The study of apparently functionless rudimentary organs in animals and plants.
tags: uncountable
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The frustration of natural function, as for example where an insect obtains honey by puncturing a nectary instead of by the floral opening.
tags: uncountable
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