— holist , n.
/hoh"liz euhm/ , n. Philos.
1. the theory that whole entities, as fundamental components of reality, have an existence other than as the mere sum of their parts. Cf. organicism (def. 1).
2. Also, holiatry . Med. care of the entire patient in all aspects.
3. Psychol. any psychologic system postulating that the human mind must be studied as a unit rather than as a sum of its individual parts.
[ HOL- + -ISM; term introduced by J.C. Smuts in Holism and Evolution (1926) ]