dysteleologyn.

/ˌdɪstɛliːˈɒlədʒi/

Etymology: < German dysteleologie (Häckel), < dys- prefix, here taken in privative sense + teleologie teleology n.

The doctrine of purposelessness, or denial of ‘final causes’, in nature (opposed to teleology n.); the study of apparently functionless rudimentary organs in animals and plants, as held to sustain this doctrine.

ΚΠ

1874 St. G. Mivart in Contemp. Rev. XXIV. 371 Dysteleology is a term which Professor Haeckel, of Jena, has devised to denote the study of the ‘purposelessness’ of organs.

1875 Contemp. Rev. 26 950.

1879 tr. E. Haeckel Evol. Man I. 109 The science of Rudimentary Organs, which we may call, in reference to their philosophical consequences, the Doctrine of Purposelessness, or Dysteleology.

Derivatives

ˌdysteleoˈlogical adj. relating to dysteleology; showing absence of purpose or design.

ΚΠ

1874 St. G. Mivart in Contemp. Rev. XXIV. 371 Arguments analogous to some of the Dysteleological arguments of today.

1879 tr. E. Haeckel Evol. Man I. v. 111 The favorite phrase ‘the moral ordering of the world’ is also shown in its true light by the dysteleological facts.

ˌdysteleˈologist n. a believer in dysteleology; one who denies final causes in nature.

ΚΠ

1883 L. F. Ward Dynamic Sociol. I. 173 Dysteleologists, without admitting a purpose, had not felt called upon to deny the fact.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	dysteleology
释义	dysteleologyn. /ˌdɪstɛliːˈɒlədʒi/ Etymology: < German dysteleologie (Häckel), < dys- prefix, here taken in privative sense + teleologie teleology n. The doctrine of purposelessness, or denial of ‘final causes’, in nature (opposed to teleology n.); the study of apparently functionless rudimentary organs in animals and plants, as held to sustain this doctrine. ΚΠ 1874 St. G. Mivart in Contemp. Rev. XXIV. 371 Dysteleology is a term which Professor Haeckel, of Jena, has devised to denote the study of the ‘purposelessness’ of organs. 1875 Contemp. Rev. 26 950. 1879 tr. E. Haeckel Evol. Man I. 109 The science of Rudimentary Organs, which we may call, in reference to their philosophical consequences, the Doctrine of Purposelessness, or Dysteleology. Derivatives ˌdysteleoˈlogical adj. relating to dysteleology; showing absence of purpose or design. ΚΠ 1874 St. G. Mivart in Contemp. Rev. XXIV. 371 Arguments analogous to some of the Dysteleological arguments of today. 1879 tr. E. Haeckel Evol. Man I. v. 111 The favorite phrase ‘the moral ordering of the world’ is also shown in its true light by the dysteleological facts. ˌdysteleˈologist n. a believer in dysteleology; one who denies final causes in nature. ΚΠ 1883 L. F. Ward Dynamic Sociol. I. 173 Dysteleologists, without admitting a purpose, had not felt called upon to deny the fact. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1874
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