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en·tel·e·chy
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Audio Help [en-tel-uh-kee] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -chies.
| 1. | a realization or actuality as opposed to a potentiality. |
| 2. | (in vitalist philosophy) a vital agent or force directing growth and life. |
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entelechy
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n. pl. en·tel·e·chies
[Late Latin entelechīa, from Greek entelekheia : entelēs, complete (en-, in; see en-2 + telos, completion; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots) + ekhein, to have; see segh- in Indo-European roots.] |
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entelechy
1603, from Gk. entelekheia, from en- "in" + telei, dat. of telos "perfection" (see tele-) + ekhein "to have." In Aristotle, "the condition in which a potentiality has become an actuality."
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| entelechy | |
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| (Aristotle) the state of something that is fully realized; actuality as opposed to potentiality |
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