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Holism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A theory or belief that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole wordnet
  3. 3
    A practice based on such a theory or belief. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From hol- (“whole, entire, total”) + -ism. Coined in 1926 by Jan Smuts.

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