'Entelechy' definitions:

Definition of 'entelechy'

noun

(Aristotle) the state of something that is fully realized; actuality as opposed to potentiality

From: GCIDE

Entelechy \En*tel"e*chy\, n. [L. entelechia, Gr. ?, prob. fr. ? ? ? to be complete; ? + ? completion, end + ? to have or hold.] (Peripatetic Philos.) An actuality; a conception completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence. [1913 Webster]