end in itself

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end in itself

noun ends in themselves · end-in-itself

  1. Something that is desired for its own sake, and not as a means of obtaining something else.

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noun something desired for itself

Españolfin en sí mismo
中文目的自身
Françaisfin en soi
DeutschSelbstzweck
Italianofine a se stesso
Ελληνικάαυτοσκοπός aftoskopós
Русскийсамоце́ль samocélʹ

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@misc{end_in_itself_2026,
  title = {end in itself},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/end%20in%20itself},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}