"end in itself" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ends in themselves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|ends in themselves}} end in itself (plural ends in themselves)
  1. Something that is desired for its own sake, and not as a means of obtaining something else. Synonyms: end-in-itself Related terms: be-all and end-all, be-all end-all Translations (something desired for itself): самамэ́та (samaméta) [feminine] (Belarusian), cíl sám o sobě [masculine] (Czech), cíl o sobě [masculine] (Czech), samoúčel [masculine] (Czech), mål i sig selv [neuter] (Danish), doel op zich [neuter] (Dutch), doel op zichzelf [neuter] (Dutch), päämäärä sinänsä (Finnish), päämäärä itsessään (Finnish), tavoite itsessään (Finnish), itsetarkoitus (Finnish), fin en soi [feminine] (French), Selbstzweck [masculine] (German), αυτοσκοπός (aftoskopós) [masculine] (Greek), öncél (Hungarian), fine a se stesso [masculine] (Italian), cel sam w sobie (Polish), самоце́ль (samocélʹ) [feminine] (Russian), fin en sí mismo [masculine] (Spanish), självändamål [neuter] (Swedish), самоці́ль (samocílʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-end_in_itself-en-noun-LO5ldOxG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "something desired for itself",
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          "sense": "something desired for itself",
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        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "something desired for itself",
          "word": "päämäärä itsessään"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "something desired for itself",
          "word": "tavoite itsessään"
        },
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          "sense": "something desired for itself",
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        },
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          "sense": "something desired for itself",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "something desired for itself",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "code": "el",
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          ],
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "something desired for itself",
          "word": "öncél"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "something desired for itself",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fine a se stesso"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "something desired for itself",
          "word": "cel sam w sobie"
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          "sense": "something desired for itself",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "самоце́ль"
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          "sense": "something desired for itself",
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          ],
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          "sense": "something desired for itself",
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          ],
          "word": "självändamål"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "something desired for itself",
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      "sense": "something desired for itself",
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      "sense": "something desired for itself",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "something desired for itself",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something desired for itself",
      "word": "päämäärä itsessään"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something desired for itself",
      "word": "tavoite itsessään"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something desired for itself",
      "word": "itsetarkoitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something desired for itself",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fin en soi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something desired for itself",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Selbstzweck"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aftoskopós",
      "sense": "something desired for itself",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αυτοσκοπός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something desired for itself",
      "word": "öncél"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something desired for itself",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fine a se stesso"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "something desired for itself",
      "word": "cel sam w sobie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "samocélʹ",
      "sense": "something desired for itself",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "самоце́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something desired for itself",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fin en sí mismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "something desired for itself",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "självändamål"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "samocílʹ",
      "sense": "something desired for itself",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "самоці́ль"
    }
  ],
  "word": "end in itself"
}

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