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Word: Holism
Speech Type: Noun
1920s: from holo-‘whole’ + -ism; coined by J. C. Smuts to designate the tendency in nature to produce organized ‘wholes’ (bodies or organisms) from the ordered grouping of units
ˈhəʊlɪz(ə)m
ˈhɒlɪz(ə)m
the theory that parts of a whole are in intimate interconnection, such that they cannot exist independently of the whole, or cannot be understood without reference to the whole, which is thus regarded as greater than the sum of its parts. Holism is often applied to mental states, language, and ecology.
Short Definition:theory that parts of whole are in intimate interconnection
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