holism
See also: -holism
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From hol- (“whole, entire, total”) + -ism. Coined in 1926 by Jan Smuts.[1]
Noun
[edit]holism (countable and uncountable, plural holisms)
- A theory or belief that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. [from 1926]
- A practice based on such a theory or belief.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]theory or belief that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
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practice based on such a theory or belief
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See also
[edit]References
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Jan Smuts (1926) chapter V, in Holism and Evolution, pages 87–88:
- Both matter and life consist of unit structures whose ordered grouping produces natural wholes which we call bodies or organisms. This character of “wholeness” meets us everywhere and points to something fundamental in the universe. Holism (from ὅλος = whole) is the term here coined for this fundamental operative towards the creation of wholes in the universe.
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Romanian
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[edit]Noun
[edit]holism n (uncountable)
Declension
[edit]| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | holism | holismul |
| genitive-dative | holism | holismului |
| vocative | holismule | |
Swedish
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Noun
[edit]holism c
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | holism | holisms |
| definite | holismen | holismens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Related terms
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *solh₂-
- English terms prefixed with hol-
- English terms suffixed with -ism
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English 3-syllable words
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian uncountable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns