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disteleology

disteleology is the alternative form of dysteleology.

Meaning of dysteleology

Noun

dysteleology (uncountable)

  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 puncturing a nectary instead of by the floral opening.

Questions about disteleology

What is disteleology the alternative form of?
Disteleology is the alternative form of dysteleology.

Words near disteleology in the dictionary

  1. distearoylphosphatidylcholine
  2. distearoylphosphatidylethanolamine
  3. distearyl
  4. DiStefano
  5. DiStefanos
  6. disteleology
  7. distelfink
  8. distelfinks
  9. distelic
  10. distely
  11. distemper

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disteleology (page history and authors); dysteleology (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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