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organicisms

organicisms is the plural of organicism.

Meaning of organicism

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.

Questions about organicisms

What is organicisms the plural of?
Organicisms is the plural of organicism.

Words near organicisms in the dictionary

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

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