autotelic
English
adj
Definitions
- (psychology) Containing its own meaning or purpose; deriving meaning and purpose from within.
- Of or pertaining to the quality of (a thing's) being autotelic.
- (arts) Not motivated by anything beyond itself; thematically self-contained.
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek αὐτός (self, same, oneself, very) + Ancient Greek τέλος (end, purpose, completion, result, accomplishment, perfection, fulfilment, tax, degree of completion, product, af, telo-, fulfillment, extremity).
Origin
Ancient Greek
τέλος
Gloss
end, purpose, completion, result, accomplishment, perfection, fulfilment, tax, degree of completion, product, af, telo-, fulfillment, extremity
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
税, 租
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- authalic English
- auto English
- autoctisis English
- autoptic English
- telangiectasia English
- telestich English
- telogonic English
- telomere English
- telos English
- auto Finnish
- Aristoteles Latin
- autismus Latin
- clavis Latin
- mobilis Latin
- mōbilis Latin
- tellus Latin
- Autismus German
- auto- German
- autologisch German
- auto- Hungarian
- auto- Italian
- teleologie Dutch, Flemish
- autoclave French
- automobile French
- mobile French
- авто- Russian
- автомоби́ль Russian
- телеология Russian
- autismo Spanish, Castilian
- auto Spanish, Castilian
- Αὐτομέδων Ancient Greek
- Αὐτονόη Ancient Greek
- Πραξιτέλης Ancient Greek
- αὐτοσχεδόν Ancient Greek
- αὐτόθεν Ancient Greek
- αὐτόθι Ancient Greek
- αὐτός Ancient Greek
- αὖ Ancient Greek
- εὐτελής Ancient Greek
- μέρος Ancient Greek
- πολυτελής Ancient Greek
- σεαυτοῦ Ancient Greek
- τέλειος Ancient Greek
- τέλος Ancient Greek
- τελέω Ancient Greek
- τελήεις Ancient Greek
- τελώνης Ancient Greek
- τόν Ancient Greek
- τῆλε Ancient Greek
- Ἀριστοτέλης Ancient Greek
- ἐμαυτοῦ Ancient Greek
- ἐντελής Ancient Greek
- ἑαυτοῦ Ancient Greek
- ὑποτελής Ancient Greek
- *h₂ew Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European
- auto- Norwegian Bokmål
- autarquia Portuguese
- auto- Portuguese
- autoclismo Portuguese
- auto- Norwegian Nynorsk
- bil Danish
- auto Czech
- αυτός Greek (modern)
- τέλος Greek (modern)
- auto Interlingua