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purposefulness

NOUN

decision

Synonyms

STRONG

backbone decisiveness determination doggedness earnestness firmness fortitude grit obstinacy obstinance perseverance persistence pluck purpose resoluteness resolution resolve seriousness spine stubbornness toughness volition will willpower

WEAK

decidedness iron will purposiveness will power

Antonyms

STRONG

cowardice flexibility idleness indecision indolence irresolution question spinelessness unimportance weakness

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Professor Haeckel has invented a new and convenient name "Dysteleology," for the study of the "purposelessnesses" which are observable in living organisms—such as the multitudinous cases of rudimentary and apparently useless structures.

From Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02 by Huxley, Thomas Henry

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