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Basically a phrase or a word replacement for something that was made just so it would exist, like a grouping being made for the sake of having a grouping".

I'm sorry I can't explain myself well but it's as if something was made just so it would exist for that purpose

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    The action (but not the artifact) is perfunctory. [Collins]: perfunctory ... 1. done superficially, only as a matter of routine; careless or cursory
    – Edwin Ashworth
    Jul 3, 2019 at 11:30

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The only ones that spring to mind are "for no apparent reason" (Collins: for no apparent reason) or "just because" (Collins: just because)

For example:

For no apparent reason, an eccentric billionaire has opened a restaurant on the Moon.

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The eccentric billionaire decided to open a restaurant on the Moon, just because.
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  • Although the second one would probably make grammarians scream, I believe it is the more idiomatic way to impart this sentiment in a shorter form.
    – Smock
    Jul 3, 2019 at 11:16
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I don't think there is a word that literally means "made for the sake of being made", but on a more poetical level, the answer is:

ART

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for the sake of it - if you do something for the sake of it, you do it because you want to and not for any particular reason (Longman).

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The group etc. is an end in itself
from dictionary reference:

A purpose or goal desired for its own sake (rather than to attain something else). For example, For me, writing books is an end in itself; they don't really make that much money. This expression employs the noun end in the sense of “final cause or purpose,” a usage dating from the early 1500s.

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