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ENTELECHY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Aristotle) the state of something that is fully realized; actuality as opposed to potentiality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("entelechy" is a kind of...):
actuality (the state of actually existing objectively)
Domain category:
metaphysics (the philosophical study of being and knowing)
Aristotle (one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers; pupil of Plato; teacher of Alexander the Great (384-322 BC))
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