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HOLISTIC THEORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does holistic theory mean? 

HOLISTIC THEORY (noun)
  The noun HOLISTIC THEORY has 1 sense:

1. the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the wholeplay

  Familiarity information: HOLISTIC THEORY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOLISTIC THEORY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

holism; holistic theory

Context example:

holistic theory has been applied to ecology and language and mental states

Hypernyms ("holistic theory" is a kind of...):

theory (a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena)

Domain member category:

organicism (theory that the total organization of an organism rather than the functioning of individual organs is the determinant of life processes)

configurationism; Gestalt psychology ((psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties)


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