holism
- n 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
- This veritable flowering -- or plague -- of holism is almost always presented with wide-eyed enthusiasm and a hefty dose of conventional-medicine bashing.
- In an increasingly divided world he kept his faith in holism, but Smuts did not live to see his principles victorious.
- The result is the novel, the whole (though not necessarily verifiable) truth about Simon Moro, whose own identity is a holism of flackery and confused truths.