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noun
The belief that an entity or event has within itself its own meaning or purpose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: art, arts
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noun
belief that a work of art is an end in itself or its own justification
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: belief
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