HOLISTIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Emphasizing the organic or functional relation between parts and the whole

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Adjectives

Antonym:

atomistic (divided into separate and often disparate elements)

Derivation:

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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