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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ho•lism (hō′liz əm),USA pronunciation n. [Philos.]- Philosophythe theory that whole entities, as fundamental components of reality, have an existence other than as the mere sum of their parts. Cf. organicism (def. 1).
- MedicineAlso, holiatry. care of the entire patient in all aspects.
- Psychology, Holistic Therapyany psychologic system postulating that the human mind must be studied as a unit rather than as a sum of its individual parts.
- term introduced by J.C. Smuts in Holism and Evolution (1926) hol- + -ism
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: holism /ˈhəʊlɪzəm/ n - any doctrine that a system may have properties over and above those of its parts and their organization
- 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
Etymology: 20th Century: from holo- + -ism |