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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. belief that a work of art is an end in itself or its own justification; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

autotelism \autotelism\ n.
   1. belief that a work of art is an end in itself or its own
      justification.
      [WordNet 1.5]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

autotelism
    n 1: belief that a work of art is an end in itself or its own
         justification