(n.) The doctrine of purposelessness; a term applied by Haeckel to that branch of physiology which treats of rudimentary organs, in view of their being useless to the life of the organism.

aimlessness capriciousness causelessness chance chanciness changeableness derangement designlessness disarrangement disarray disarticulation discomfiture discomposure disconcertedness disharmony dishevelment disintegration disjunction disorder disorderliness disorganization disproportion disruption disturbance dysteleology entropy erraticism erraticness fickleness haphazardness hesitancy hesitation incalculability incertitude incoherence indecision indecisiveness indemonstrability indeterminacy indetermination indeterminism indiscriminateness inharmonious harmony irregularity irresolution luck most admired disorder nonsymmetry nonuniformity perturbation promiscuity promiscuousness purposelessness suspense suspensefulness turbulence unaccountability uncertainness uncertainty uncertainty principle undecidedness undeterminedness unforeseeableness unpredictability unprovability unsureness unsymmetry ununiformity unverifiability upset vacillation whimsicality