dysteleology

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noun

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

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Meanings

noundysteleology (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesThe view that existence has no telos or final cause from purposeful design.
  2. uncountablebiologyThe study of apparently functionless rudimentary organs in animals and plants.
  3. uncountablebiologyThe 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.

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APA

dysteleology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dysteleology

MLA

“dysteleology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dysteleology. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dysteleology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dysteleology.

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