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What does autotelic mean?

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Adjective
  1. (of an entity or event) Containing its own meaning or purpose.
  2. (of a person) Deriving meaning and purpose from within.
  3. (art, of a work of art or literature) Not motivated by anything beyond itself; thematically self-contained.
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If the poem is an autotelic entity, an end-in-itself, then sound is more important.
Stevens's autotelic and monological poem is not permitted to stand alone.
The bonsai's uselessly autotelic function can seem uncomfortably close to that of the novel.
According to Reemtsma, our insistence on seeking causes has, for a long time, ignored the existence of autotelic violence.

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