holistic theory
noun
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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
Types & categories
- theory hypernym
Related & opposite
- atomist theory antonym
- holistic derivation
- organicism has domain topic
- Gestalt psychology has domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | atomist theory |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | holistic |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | organicism |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | Gestalt psychology |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | theory |