AUTOTELISM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Belief that a work of art is an end in itself or its own justification

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("autotelism" is a kind of...):

belief (any cognitive content held as true)

Derivation:

autotelic (of or relating to or believing in autotelism)

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