autotelic

• Bezeichnet eine Tätigkeit oder Erfahrung, die um ihrer selbst willen ausgeführt wird und ihren Zweck oder Wert in sich selbst trägt.

Describes an activity or experience that is done for its own sake, having its purpose or goal within itself.

1. Self-contained purposeC2formal

   Having a purpose or goal within itself; not directed toward an external end.

   Selbstzweck

   • The artist's work is autotelic, created purely for its own sake.
   • Autotelic activities are those done for the inherent enjoyment they provide.
   • His autotelic approach to learning values knowledge for its own sake.

   Synonymeautonomousintrinsicself-containedself-sufficient

   Antonymeextrinsicinstrumental