English noun: holistic theory | |||
1. | holistic theory (cognition) the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | holism | ||
Broader (hypernym) | theory | ||
Domain category members | configurationism, Gestalt psychology, organicism | ||
Antonyms | atomist theory, atomistic theory, atomic theory, atomism | ||