dysteleology
noun
- absence of purpose in nature especially as manifested in rudimentary or nonfunctional structures
- the doctrine of purposelessness in nature
- frustration or evasion of a normal functional end
- a vestigial organ
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: From dys- + teleology.
- The view that existence has no telos or final cause from purposeful design.
- The study of apparently functionless rudimentary organs in animals and plants.
- The frustration of natural function, as for example where an insect obtains nectar by puncturing a nectary instead of by the floral opening.