| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | en·tel·e·chy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n-tl  -k |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. en·tel·e·chies
1. In the philosophy of Aristotle, the condition of a thing whose essence is fully realized; actuality. 2. In some philosophical systems, a vital force that directs an organism toward self-fulfillment. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin entelech a, from Greek entelekheia : entels, complete ( en-, in; see en–2 + telos, completion; see kwel-1 in Appendix I) + ekhein, to have; see segh- in Appendix I.
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