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Grammar : Adj
Spell : hoh-lis-tik
Phonetic Transcription : hoʊˈlɪs tɪk



Définition of holistic

Origin :
  • 1939, from holism + -istic. Holistic medicine is first attested 1960. Related: Holistically.
  • adj complete, whole
Example sentences :
  • This is a gain, but also a loss: the holistic meaning of experience vanishes.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • Holistic therapies, like meditation, are "fringe" therapies.
  • Extract from : « When You Don't Know Where to Turn » by Steven J. Bartlett
  • Education needs to shift from the atomistic view that isolates subjects from the whole of reality to a holistic perspective.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • Although holism sees human beings as integral organisms, holistic approaches are inclined to have this physical focus.
  • Extract from : « When You Don't Know Where to Turn » by Steven J. Bartlett
  • Of these holistic therapies, bioenergetics is perhaps considered the most respectable because it is used by some psychologists.
  • Extract from : « When You Don't Know Where to Turn » by Steven J. Bartlett
  • Drawings are holistic units of a complexity difficult to compare to that of a text.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin

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