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heterotelic

[het-er-uh-tel-ik, -tee-lik]

adjective

(of an entity or event) having the purpose of its existence or occurrence outside of or apart from itself.

Compare autotelic.

Origin:
1900–05; hetero- + tel-² + -ic

Related forms

het·er·o·tel·ism, noun

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