Word of the Day – Entelechy

Entelechy (noun)

en-tel-ek-ee

a realisation or actuality as opposed to a potentiality

First recorded in 1595–1605. From the Greek entelécheia, a word coined by Aristotle. Combines en-, meaning “in,” + Greek télos, meaning “goal,” + Greek écheia, meaning “to have.”

Example sentences

“The roadtrip was the entelechy of years of planning and desire.”