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organicist

organicist noun: an advocate of organicism.

Noun

organicist (plural organicists)

  1. An advocate of organicism.
    • While claiming their science could provide explanations of the pathophysiological and neurological mechanisms of psychiatric disorders, organicists were far from sanguine about cures.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 491
    • The organicist view of society has much less appeal to contemporary theorists.2007, Francis Heylighen, “The Global Superorganism: An Evolutionary-cybernetic Model of the Emerging Network Society”, in Social Evolution & History, volume 6, number 1, page 58

Forms of organicist

pluralorganicists

Origin of organicist

From organic + -ist.

Words formed from organicist

Questions about organicist

What does organicist mean?
Organicist means an advocate of organicism.
What part of speech is organicist?
Organicist is a noun.
What is the plural of organicist?
The plural of organicist is organicists.

Words near organicist in the dictionary

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

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