Complete Definition of "entelechy"

English

Etymology
AGr.: en �within,� + tele �goal, or end,� + chy �to have� (alt. kheia)

Noun
en-noun|entelech|ies

  1. A particular type of motivation, need for self-determination, and inner strength directing life and growth to become all one is capable of being. It is the need to actualize one's beliefs. It is having a personal vision and being able to actualize that vision from within. [Aristotelian philosophy.]
  2. A conception completely actualized.
  3. Something complex that emerges when you put a large number of simple objects together.

Translations
Norwegian: enteleki
Spanish: entelequia

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