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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