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holism

holism noun: a theory or belief that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Noun

holism (countable and uncountable, plural holisms)

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

holism meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Urdu

holism in Hindi

theory or belief that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
समग्र सिद्धांत samagra siddhānt, समग्र दृष्टि samagra dŕṣṭi, सर्वांगीण अवलोक sarvāṅgīṇ avlok

holism in Tamil

முழுமைப் படைப்புக் கோட்பாடு

holism in Urdu

کلیت
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Sindhi
پُورمَتِ pūrmati, پُوروادُ pūrvādu

Forms of holism

pluralholisms
alternative formwholism

Origin of holism

From hol- (“whole, entire, total”) + -ism. Coined in 1926 by Jan Smuts.

Words formed from holism

Questions about holism

What does holism mean?
Holism means a theory or belief that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
What is holism in Hindi?
Holism in Hindi is समग्र सिद्धांत (samagra siddhānt), समग्र दृष्टि (samagra dŕṣṭi), सर्वांगीण अवलोक (sarvāṅgīṇ avlok). See Holism meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is holism?
Holism is a noun.
What is the plural of holism?
The plural of holism is holisms.

Words near holism in the dictionary

  1. holinight
  2. holinights
  3. holins
  4. Holis
  5. holishkes
  6. holism
  7. holisms
  8. holist
  9. Holister
  10. holistic
  11. holistically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: holism (page history and authors); holism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); holism (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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