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entelechy

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9 lettersPronunciation /ɛnˈtɛləki/Part of speech nounSorted ceeehlntyStarts with EEnds with Y0 clues
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  1. (Aristotle) the state of something that is fully realized; actuality as opposed to potentiality

Word origin

From Late Latin entelechia, from Ancient Greek ἐντελέχεια (entelékheia), coined by Aristotle from ἐντελής (entelḗs, “complete, finished, perfect”) (from τέλος (télos, “end, fruition, accomplishment”)) + ἔχω (ékhō, “to have”).

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  • But while these forces of chance work both in organic and in inorganic nature, there is an additional principle in organic (living) nature: an organizing principle or entelechie.
  • Students of Aristotle are familiar with his thesis that soul is the form of the body. In the De Anima Aristotle explains this further by claiming that the soul is the perfection or entelechia of the body (414a26).

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