| NOUN | cognition | holistic theory, holism | the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole |
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| Meaning | The theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole. | |
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| Example | "holistic theory has been applied to ecology and language and mental states" | |
| Synonym | holism | |
| Category of | Gestalt psychology, configurationism | (psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties |
| organicism | theory that the total organization of an organism rather than the functioning of individual organs is the determinant of life processes | |
| Broader | theory | A well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world |
| Opposite | atomism, atomic theory, atomist theory, atomistic theory | (chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles |
| Spanish | holismo | |
| Catalan | holisme | |
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