holism

n. theory that entities are complete units and should be related to as such and not separated into parts

"Whole" redirects here. For other uses, see Whole (disambiguation) For other uses of Holism, see Holism (disambiguation)Holism (from holos, a Greek word meaning all, entire, total) is the idea that all the properties of a given system (biological, chemical, social, economic, mental, linguistic, etc.) cannot be determined or explained by the sum of its component parts alone. Instead, the system as a whole determines in an important way how the parts behave.
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In contemporary modern English "holic" is a suffix that can be added to a subject to denote an addiction to it. The term is derived from alcoholism, one of the first addictions to be widely identified both medically and socially. It should be noted that the word alcoholism is broken up into the root, "alcohol", and the suffix "-ism", not "alco" and "-holism". The suffix "-holism" is truly a new invention, having taken the syllable hol directly from the root word. The morphemic breakdown of the word "alcohol" is actually from Arabic al, meaning "the" and kuhul meaning "paint".
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Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) holistic theory
(antonym) atomism, atomic theory, atomist theory, atomistic theory
(hypernym) theory
(class) organicism

The view that parts of a system have significance mostly in virtue of their interrelations with other parts. See discussion for mental holism, semantic holism.
<Discussion> <References> Chris Eliasmith

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