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organicism

organicism noun: the theory that disease is a result of structural alteration of organs.

Noun

organicism (countable and uncountable, plural organicisms)

  1. (historical) The theory that disease is a result of structural alteration of organs.
  2. The concept that everything is organic, or forms part of an organic whole.
    • Its asymmetrical design, half curved, half rectangular, reflects the marquise's divided nature: female organicism joined to male geometry, a psychic hermaphroditism.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae
  3. The treatment of society or the universe as if it were an organism.
  4. The mereological idea that living things are the only composite objects.
  5. The theory that the total organization of an organism is more important than the functioning of its individual organs.

Forms of organicism

pluralorganicisms

Origin of organicism

From organic + -ism.

Questions about organicism

What does organicism mean?
Organicism means the theory that disease is a result of structural alteration of organs.
What part of speech is organicism?
Organicism is a noun.
What is the plural of organicism?
The plural of organicism is organicisms.

Words near organicism in the dictionary

  1. organic salts
  2. organic search marketing
  3. organical
  4. organically
  5. organicalness
  6. organicism
  7. organicisms
  8. organicist
  9. organicistic
  10. organicists
  11. organicities

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