Entelechy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. In the philosophy of Aristotle, the condition of a thing whose essence is fully realized; actuality.
  • n. In some philosophical systems, a vital force that directs an organism toward self-fulfillment.
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  • n. The complete realisation and final form of some potential concept or function; the conditions under which a potential thing becomes actualised.
  • n. 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.
  • n. Something complex that emerges when you put a large number of simple objects together.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An actuality; a conception completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Realization: opposed to power or potentiality, and nearly the same as energy or act (actuality).
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (Aristotle) the state of something that is fully realized; actuality as opposed to potentiality
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    actuality   
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    actuality   
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