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Pronunciation: [ɛntˈɛlɛt͡ʃi] (IPA)

Entelechy is a word often associated with the philosophy of Aristotle and refers to the concept of a living organism's inherent potential for growth and development. Synonyms for entelechy include actualization, realization, manifestation, fulfillment, and completion. Each term conveys a sense of the fulfillment of a possibility, whether that potential is present in an embryo, an idea, or an object. Other synonyms include flourishing, blooming, thriving, and blossoming, which all suggest the flourishing of a living thing. These synonyms help convey the dynamic and transformative nature of entelechy, as something that is constantly moving towards its inherent potential.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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    vital force, Aristotelian Psychology, Being in Becoming, Cosmic Perfection, Doctrine of Actualization, Embodied Becoming, Enduring Substance, Formative Ontology, Fulfilled Potential, Metaphysical Nature, Mystical concept, Ontological Essence, Organismic Principle, Primordial Principle, Virtual Perfection.

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For Aristotle the soul is the Entelechy of the body-that function or activity which makes a man of it.
"The Approach to Philosophy"
Ralph Barton Perry
He can flirt with young opinions, which come to him with candid faces, fresh as Queen Entelechy in Rabelais, though, like her, they are as old as human thought.
"Oxford"
Lang, Andrew
But surely a man may be fond of metaphysics for the sweet sake of Queen Entelechy, and, moreover, these students looked forward to days in which real work would bear fruit.
"Robert F. Murray his poems with a memoir by Andrew Lang"
Robert F. Murray

Famous quotes with Entelechy

  • Aristotle, that first of men and peerless pattern of all philosophy, was our sovereign lady's godfather, and wisely and properly gave her the name of Entelechy. Her true name then is Entelechy, and may he be in tail beshit, and entail a shit-a-bed faculty and nothing else on his family, who dares call her by any other name; for whoever he is, he does her wrong, and is a very impudent person.hast thou not been somewhat afraid this bout? A little, said I.among friends, let me tell you that perhaps there is not a man in the whole country of Beauce but might easily have stopped my bunghole with a cartload of hay.Patience, if it were our sovereign lady's will, we would be as tall as you; well, we shall when she pleases.
    François Rabelais

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