English noun: holism | |||
| 1. | holism (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 | holistic theory | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | theory | ||
| Domain category members | configurationism, Gestalt psychology, organicism | ||
| Antonyms | atomist theory, atomistic theory, atomic theory, atomism | ||