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entelechy

Noun

entelechy

  1. 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. [Aristotelian philosophy.]
  2. A conception completely actualized.
  3. Something complex that emerges when you put a large number of simple objects together.

en·tel·e·chy n. pl. en·tel·e·chies (from Dictionary.com)

  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.

9 letters in word "entelechy": C E E E H L N T Y.

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