C2 adjective #32,960 most common

An autotelic person, a person with an autotelic personality.

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  • (noun) An autotelic person, a person with an autotelic personality.
  • (adjective) (of an activity, process, person or personality) Containing its own meaning or purpose; deriving meaning and purpose from within.
  • (adjective) Of or pertaining to the quality of (a thing's) being autotelic.

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun An autotelic person, a person with an autotelic personality.
  2. 2
    adjective (of an activity, process, person or personality) Containing its own meaning or purpose; deriving meaning and purpose from within.
  3. 3
    adjective Of or pertaining to the quality of (a thing's) being autotelic.
  4. 4
    adjective (of a work of art or literature) Not motivated by anything beyond itself; thematically self-contained.

Antonyms

non-autotelic nonautotelic
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