entelechy
\en-TEL-uh-kee\
noun – A realization or actuality as opposed to a potentiality. In vitalist philosophy, a vital agent or force directing growth and life.
Origin:
Entelechy is built from the Greek roots telos “goal” andech “to have.”
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