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autotelism

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The belief that an entity or event has within itself its own meaning or purpose.
  2. In literature or art, the belief that a work, having been created, is a justification in and of itself. Poems with a unified rhetorical device to frame the poem in a singular idea.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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