English Explanatory Dictionary

organicism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The theory that disease is a result of structural alteration of organs.
  2. The concept that everything is organic, or forms part of an organic whole.
  3. The treatment of society or the universe as if it were an organism.
  4. The theory that the total organization of an organism is more important than the functioning of its individual organs.

Word forms

organicism organicisms

Etymology

From organic + -ism.

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