Title: Holistic view - definition of Holistic view by The Free Dictionary
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Content: holism
( ˈhəʊlɪzəm)
n
1. ( Philosophy) any doctrine that a system may have properties over and above those of its parts and their organization
2. ( Medicine) the treatment of any subject as a whole integrated system, esp, in medicine, the consideration of the complete person, physically and psychologically, in the treatment of a disease. See also alternative medicine
3. ( Philosophy) philosophy one of a number of methodological theses holding that the significance of the parts can only be understood in terms of their contribution to the significance of the whole and that the latter must therefore be epistemologically prior. Compare reductionism, atomism 2
[C20: from holo- + -ism]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ho•lism
(ˈhoʊ lɪz əm)
n.
1. the theory that whole entities have an existence other than as the mere sum of their parts. 2. an approach to healing or health care, often involving therapies outside the mainstream of medicine, in which isolated symptoms or conditions are considered secondary to one's total physical and psychological state.