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dysteleology

noun

Etymology

From dys- + teleology.

  1. derived from *leǵ-✻ — “to collect, gather”
  2. derived from -logia
  3. derived from *kʷelh₁-✻
  4. derived from τέλεος
  5. derived from teleologia
  6. borrowed from Teleologie
  7. borrowed from téléologie
  8. prefixed as dysteleology — “dys + teleology”

Definitions

  1. The view that existence has no telos or final cause from purposeful design.

  2. The study of apparently functionless rudimentary organs in animals and plants.

  3. The frustration of natural function, as for example where an insect obtains nectar by…

    The frustration of natural function, as for example where an insect obtains nectar by puncturing a nectary instead of by the floral opening.

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Derived

dysteleologist

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA