autotelic
adj/ˈɔːtəˌtɛlɪk/
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + τέλος (télos, “result; end”); compare auto- and telic. From early 20th century.
Definitions
Containing its own meaning or purpose
Containing its own meaning or purpose; deriving meaning and purpose from within.
Of or pertaining to the quality of (a thing's) being autotelic.
Not motivated by anything beyond itself
Not motivated by anything beyond itself; thematically self-contained.
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An autotelic person, a person with an autotelic personality.
The neighborhood
- antonymnon-autotelicantonym(s) of “containing its own meaning or purpose”
- antonymnonautotelicantonym(s) of “containing its own meaning or purpose”
- neighborautotelism
- neighborheterotelic
- neighbortelic
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for autotelic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA