AUTOTELIC


Meaning of AUTOTELIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌȯ-tō-ˈte-lik, -ˈtē- ]

adjective

Etymology: Greek autotelēs, from aut- + telos end — more at telos

Date: circa 1901

: having a purpose in and not apart from itself

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.