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au⋅to⋅tel⋅ic

  [aw-tuh-tel-ik]
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–adjective Philosophy.
(of an entity or event) having within itself the purpose of its existence or happening.
Compare heterotelic.

Origin:
1900–05; auto- 1 + telic

Related forms:
au⋅to⋅tel⋅ism, noun
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