AUTOTELIC


Meaning of AUTOTELIC in English

[ ˌɔ:tə(ʊ)'tɛlɪk ]

■ adjective (of an activity or a creative work) having an end or purpose in itself.

Origin

early 20th cent.: from auto- 1 + Gk telos 'end' + -ic .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.