ORGANICISM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Theory that the total organization of an organism rather than the functioning of individual organs is the determinant of life processes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("organicism" is a kind of...):

scientific theory (a theory that explains scientific observations)

Domain category:

holism; holistic theory (the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole)

Derivation:

organicistic (relating to or tending toward organicism)

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