Holism is the belief that everything in nature is connected in some way.
[formal]
holism in British English
(ˈhəʊlɪzəm)
noun
1.
any doctrine that a system may have properties over and above those of its parts and their organization
2.
the treatment of any subject as a whole integrated system, esp, in medicine, the consideration of the complete person, physically and psychologically, in the treatment of a disease
See also alternative medicine
3. philosophy
one of a number of methodological theses holding that the significance of the parts can only be understood in terms of their contribution to the significance of the whole and that the latter must therefore be epistemologically prior
Compare reductionism, atomism (sense 2)
Word origin
C20: from holo- + -ism
holism in American English
(ˈhoʊˌlɪzəm)
noun
the view that an organic or integrated whole has an independent reality which cannot be understood simply through an understanding of its parts
Derived forms
holist (ˈholist)
noun
Word origin
holo- + -ism
Examples of 'holism' in a sentence
holism
Of all the religions he encountered, the most treacherous and difficult to break free from was the Order's omnipresent holism.
Zindell, David THE BROKEN GOD
The emergence of holism during the Fifth Mentality was fully realized in the development of the universal syntax.
Zindell, David THE BROKEN GOD
Of course, most masters of the Order would have denied that holism was anything like a religion.