Look up: Entelechy


  1. Entelechy
    En·tel'e·chy noun [ Latin entelechia , Greek ..., probably from ... ... ... to be complete; ... + ... completion, end + ... to have or hold.] (Peripatetic Philos.) An actuality; a conception completely actualized, in distinction from mere p...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/47

  2. entelechy
    noun (Aristotle) the state of something that is fully realized; actuality as opposed to potentiality
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=entelechy

  3. Entelechy
    • (n.) An actuality; a conception completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/entelechy/

  4. entelechy
    (from Greek entelecheia), in philosophy, that which realizes or makes actual what is otherwise merely potential. The concept is intimately connected ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/e/33

  5. Entelechy
    (Gr. entelecheia) In Aristotle's philosophy (1) the mode of being of a thing whose essence is completely realized; actuality; energeia; -- opposed to dynamis, or potentiality; (2) the form or essence. -- G.R.M.
    Found op http://www.ditext.com/runes/e.html

  6. Entelechy
    In the peripatetic philosophy, entelechy is an object in its complete actualization, as opposed to merely potential existence.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/AE.HTM

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