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Stephanie. Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

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Entelechy (Word origin: Late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek entelekheia [??te???e?a], from en [??]- ‘within’ + telos [t????] ‘end, perfection’ + ekhein [??e??] ‘be in a certain state’) is that which realizes or makes actual what is otherwise merely potential.

  

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] ‘be in a certain state’) is that which realizes or makes actual what is otherwise merely potential.

  • ] ‘be in a certain state’) is that which realizes or makes actual what is otherwise merely potential.
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This is the standard form:

Entelechy (Late ME via late L from Gk entelekheia [??te???e?a], from en [??]- ‘within’ + telos [t????] ‘end, perfection’ + ekhein [??e??] ‘be in a certain state’) is that which realizes or makes actual what is otherwise merely potential.

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