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heterotelic

heterotelic adjective: having its meaning or existential purpose outside of itself.

Adjective

heterotelic (comparative more heterotelic, superlative most heterotelic)

  1. Having its meaning or existential purpose outside of itself
    • You're of heterotelic value, that means you were invoked for an extraneous purpose alone, the outcome of which won't even be known to me until I'm back with my physical body in the physical world… -- William Cook, Love in the Time of Flowers

Forms of heterotelic

comparativemore heterotelic
superlativemost heterotelic

Questions about heterotelic

What does heterotelic mean?
Heterotelic means having its meaning or existential purpose outside of itself.
What part of speech is heterotelic?
Heterotelic is an adjective.

Words near heterotelic in the dictionary

  1. heterotaxia
  2. heterotaxic
  3. heterotaxis
  4. heterotaxy
  5. heterotelechelic
  6. heterotelic
  7. heterotelomeric
  8. heteroternary
  9. heterotetracyclic
  10. heterotetramer
  11. heterotetrameric

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