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.”
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