English Explanatory Dictionary

holism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

holism holisms wholism

Etymology

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

Related words

reductionism

Derived words

antiholism holist holistic
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