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单词 non-purposive
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non-purposive
non-purposive adj.
Brit. /(ˌ)nɒnˈpəːpəsɪv/
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U.S. /ˌnɑnˈpərpəsɪv/
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1892 Amer. Naturalist 26 459 Many of our inherited organs are at present non-purposive, in some cases even harmful.
1923 J. S. Huxley Ess. Biologist i. 41 Apparently purposive structures could arise by means of a non-purposive mechanism.
1965 P. Caws Philos. of Sci. xl. 312 The goal itself may emerge from an originally nonpurposive activity.
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