Sentence:  Chess itself, however – the playing of the game – is most frequently engaged in, as we say, for its own sake, as an <WSD>autotelic</WSD> activity rather than as a teleological one. The majority of utterances of a language are teleological, aiming at informing ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Containing its own meaning or purpose; deriving meaning and purpose from within.