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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The belief that an entity or event has within itself its own meaning or purpose. uncountable
2. 2
   belief that a work of art is an end in itself or its own justification wordnet
3. 3
   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. uncountable

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