First Known Use: 1900
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autotelic
adjective au·to·te·lic \ˌȯ-tō-ˈte-lik, -ˈtē-\
Definition of AUTOTELIC
: having a purpose in and not apart from itself
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Origin of AUTOTELIC
Greek autotelēs, from aut- + telos end — more at telos
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