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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Examples for "holism "
Examples for "holism "
1 The seeding of a social change process based on integration, holism , and mutuality has already begun.
2 Perhaps the oddest contradiction of A Land is between its island patriotism and its planetary holism .
3 I'm not talking about "goshisn't-it-all-wonderful" New Age holism , but rather new kinds of mathematical and empirical synthetic science.
4 For a description of holism , see Holism-A Philosophy for Today, by Harry Settanni (New York: P. Lang, 1990).
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