Dysteleology

Noun

Definitions

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

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

3.NounThe 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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