目もく的てき化か

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

becoming the objective; setting as a goal; making something an end in itself

Often used in critical contexts where a means or process turns into an end in itself, losing sight of the original purpose. Can be used both transitively (someone makes something the objective) and intransitively (something becomes the objective).

• 手しゅ段だんが目もく的てき化かしてはいけない。

  The means must not become an end in itself.

• 彼かれは利り益えきの追つい求きゅうを目もく的てき化かしている。

  He is making the pursuit of profit an end in itself.