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| au·to·tel·ic [ àwtō téllik ] |
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1. done for its own sake: done for its own sake rather than to gain a material reward or avoid a punishment
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2. philosophy possessing internal purpose: describes an entity or event that has within itself the purpose of its existence or occurrence
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| [Early 20th century. < Greek autotelēs< autos "self" + telos "end"] |
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 au·to·tel·ism noun |
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