autotelic

Etymology
From ; compare  and. From early 20th century.

Adjective

 * 1)  Containing its own meaning or purpose; deriving meaning and purpose from within.
 * 2) * 1988, Antonella Della Fave, Fausto Massimini, 12: Modernization and the changing contexts in work and leisure,, Isabella Selega Csikszentmihalyi (editors), Optimal Experience: Psychological Studies of Flow in Consciousness, , 1992, Paperback, page 208,
 * It is possible that these three people have jobs that are more autotelic than those of the rest of this group; that they have more responsibility, more initiative and challenge at their workplace than is usual for employees of their type.
 * 1) Of or pertaining to the quality of (a thing's) being autotelic.
 * 2) * 1988, Kevin Rathunde, Optimal experience and the family context, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Isabella Selega Csikszentmihalyi (editors), Optimal Experience: Psychological Studies of Flow in Consciousness, 1992, Paperback,, page 251,
 * The autotelic score was negatively correlated with the anxiety/ambiguity score r = −.57 and negatively correlated with the boredom/rigidity score r = −.36.
 * 1)  Not motivated by anything beyond itself; thematically self-contained.
 * The autotelic score was negatively correlated with the anxiety/ambiguity score r = −.57 and negatively correlated with the boredom/rigidity score r = −.36.
 * 1)  Not motivated by anything beyond itself; thematically self-contained.

Translations

 * Esperanto: aŭtotela
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 * Polish:
 * Spanish: autotélico


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Noun

 * 1) An autotelic person, a person with an autotelic personality.

Translations

 * French: personne autotélique

Etymology
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