noun Etymology: teleo- (as in teleology) + -nomy Date: 1958 the quality of apparent purposefulness of structure or function in living organisms due to evolutionary adaptation, teleonomic adjective
TELEONOMY
Meaning of TELEONOMY in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012