Associations to the word «Holism»
Noun
- Semantic
- Confirmation
- Humanism
- Alcoholism
- Alcoholic
- Idealism
- Worldview
- Semantics
- Anthropology
- Realism
- Kuhn
- Contingent
- Willard
- Thesis
- Dogma
- Proponent
- Anthropologist
- Tic
- Hume
- Philosophy
- Ism
- Addiction
- Alcohol
- Relativity
- Diabetes
- Abuse
- Kant
- Necessary
- Whole
- Meaning
- Hypothesis
- Linguistic
- Evolution
- Physical
- Ecology
- Theory
- Hinduism
- Putnam
- Inference
- Dependence
- Logic
- Adjustment
- Sentence
- Linguistics
- Davidson
- Assertion
- Philosopher
- Physic
- Concept
- Belief
- Notion
- Ethic
- Aristotle
- Unity
- Suicide
- Context
- Distinction
- Psychology
- Emergence
- Phenomenon
- Ethics
- Assumption
- Radical
- Quest
- Liver
- Argument
- Sum
- Explanation
- Physics
- Science
- Smoking
- Hierarchy
- Commitment
Adjective
Wiktionary
HOLISM, noun. A theory or belief that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
HOLISM, noun. A practice based on such theory or belief.
Dictionary definition
HOLISM, noun. The theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole; "holism holds that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts"; "holistic theory has been applied to ecology and language and mental states".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.