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entelechy

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ENTELECHY

En *tel "e *chy, n. Etym: [L. entelechia, Gr. (Peripatetic Philos.)

 

Defn: An actuality; a conception completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

entelechy

en tel e chy |enˈteləkē ənˈtɛləki | ▶noun ( pl. entelechies ) Philosophy the realization of potential. • the supposed vital principle that guides the development and functioning of an organism or other system or organization. • Philosophy the soul. ORIGIN late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek entelekheia (used by Aristotle ), from en- ‘within ’ + telos ‘end, perfection ’ + ekhein ‘be in a certain state. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

entelechy

entelechy |ɛnˈtɛləki, ɪn- | ▶noun ( pl. entelechies ) [ mass noun ] Philosophy the realization of potential. • the supposed vital principle that guides the development and functioning of an organism or other system or organization. ORIGIN late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek entelekheia (used by Aristotle ), from en- ‘within ’ + telos ‘end, perfection ’ + ekhein ‘be in a certain state ’.