Erin's Wonderful Word--admit

RonButters at AOL.COM RonButters at AOL.COM
Wed Jul 13 01:43:17 UTC 2005


Did anyone else find the use of the verb "admit" in this definition just a
little bit, well, presuppositional (which is not the same thing as
pre-suppository)?

 Erin's Weird and Wonderful Word of the Day:

 dysteleology
 [dis-tell-ee-AH-luh-djee]
 the study of the organs of plants and animals without admitting that there
is any purpose to their design. The antonym is teleology, studying things with
the idea that there is a purpose for everything in nature. Someone who is
unwilling to admit the existence of design in nature has teleophobia.



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