Entelechial
/ɛnˈtɛləˌki.əl/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or pertaining to entelechy.
"And this process “would be ‘entelechial’ or ‘perfectionist’ in the ironic sense of the term, insofar as the sufferer was in effect striving to impose a ‘perfect’ form by using the key terms of his formative wound as a paradigm.”"
Example
More examples"And this process “would be ‘entelechial’ or ‘perfectionist’ in the ironic sense of the term, insofar as the sufferer was in effect striving to impose a ‘perfect’ form by using the key terms of his formative wound as a paradigm.”"
Etymology
From entelechy + -ial.