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noun
Autonomous setting of goals
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: cybernetics
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noun
A regime of controlled, intentional reproduction
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, rare, uncountable
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noun
The preferential evolution of features and organs in certain ways
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, rare, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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History
Etymology tree English teleo- Latin genesisbor. English genesis English teleogenesis From teleo- + genesis.
