Meaning of autotelic | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Containing its own meaning or purpose; deriving meaning and purpose from within.
2. Of or pertaining to the quality of (a thing's) being autotelic.
3. Not motivated by anything beyond itself; thematically self-contained.

Equivalents

Examples

“1988, Antonella Della Fave, Fausto Massimini, 12: Modernization and the changing contexts in work⟳ and leisure, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Isabella Selega Csikszentmihalyi (editors), Optimal Experience⟳: Psychological Studies of Flow⟳ in Consciousness, Cambridge University Press⟳, 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⟳.”

“Chess itself, however – the playing of the game – is most frequently engaged in, as we say⟳, for its own⟳ sake, as an autotelic activity rather than as a teleological one. The majority of utterances of a language are teleological, aiming at informing […]”

“Non-autotelics' intrinsic motivation tends to increase⟳ if they devote time and give⟳ concentration, attention and energy to EFL tasks; some non-autotelic students become⟳ more autotelic if they perceive the activities interesting and important for their future goals; if some of the non-autotelics devote some time and focus⟳ their attention on an activity, that activity becomes more autotelic.”

“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, Cambridge University Press⟳, 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.”

““Running Water Music II” represents a contemporary version of the autotelic poem, freer than its modernist predecessors to assert connections, celebrate⟳ openly, declare⟳ connections between self and world, but bound by semantic and imagistic frames that derive from a single source.”

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