holism

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noun

A theory or belief that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
A practice based on such a theory or belief.

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wholism holistics wholist omnism cosmism mereology pantheology subtheory compositionism hegelianism reductionism logical atomism systemics substantialism panlogism macro-level orientation

Associated

smuts quine epistemological individualism holistic methodological emergent semantic continuum confirmation meanings

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