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Something that is desired for its own sake, and not as a means of obtaining something else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Belarusian:
самамэ́та
(samaméta)
— something desired for itself
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Chinese Mandarin:
目的自身
— something desired for itself
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Czech:
cíl sám o sobě
— something desired for itself
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Czech:
cíl o sobě
— something desired for itself
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Czech:
samoúčel
— something desired for itself
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Danish:
mål i sig selv
— something desired for itself
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Dutch:
doel op zich
— something desired for itself
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Dutch:
doel op zichzelf
— something desired for itself
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Finnish:
päämäärä sinänsä
— something desired for itself
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Finnish:
päämäärä itsessään
— something desired for itself
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Finnish:
tavoite itsessään
— something desired for itself
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Finnish:
itsetarkoitus
— something desired for itself
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French:
fin en soi
— something desired for itself
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German:
Selbstzweck
— something desired for itself
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Greek:
αυτοσκοπός
(aftoskopós)
— something desired for itself
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Hungarian:
öncél
— something desired for itself
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Italian:
fine a se stesso
— something desired for itself
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Polish:
cel sam w sobie
— something desired for itself
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Russian:
самоце́ль
(samocélʹ)
— something desired for itself
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Spanish:
fin en sí mismo
— something desired for itself
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Swedish:
självändamål
— something desired for itself
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Ukrainian:
самоці́ль
(samocílʹ)
— something desired for itself
