HOLISM

Holism

Holism is the idea that natural systems and their properties should be viewed as wholes, not as collections of parts. This often includes the view that systems function as wholes and that their functioning cannot be fully understood solely in terms of their component parts.

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holism

Noun

  1. A theory or belief that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
  2. A practice based on such theory or belief.


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