NOUN | cognition | organicism | theory that the total organization of an organism rather than the functioning of individual organs is the determinant of life processes |
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Meaning | theory that the total organization of an organism rather than the functioning of individual organs is the determinant of life processes. | |
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Category | holism, holistic theory | The theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole |
Broader | scientific theory | A theory that explains scientific observations |
Spanish | organicismo | |
Catalan | organicisme | |
Adjectives | organicistic | relating to or tending toward organicism |
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