autopoietic

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adjective

Of, pertaining to, or created by autopoiesis.

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Meanings

adjectiveautopoietic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf, pertaining to, or created by autopoiesis.

    If living systems are machines, that they are physical autopoietic machines is trivially obvious: they transform matter into themselves in a manner such that the product of their operation is their own organization.

    1980 [1973], Humberto Maturana, Francisco Varela, “On Machines, Living and Otherwise”, in Autopoiesis and Cognition, D. Reidel, page 82

Origin

From auto- + -poietic.

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Translations

German autopoietisch
  • autopoietischpertaining to, or created by autopoiesis
Portuguese autopoiético
  • autopoiéticopertaining to, or created by autopoiesis
Cite this entry
APA

autopoietic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autopoietic

MLA

“autopoietic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autopoietic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autopoietic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autopoietic.

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