adj.
Pronunciation: h ō - ' lis-tik
Function: adjective
Date: 1926
1 : of or relating to holism
2 : relating to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems rather than with the analysis of, treatment of, or dissection into parts < holistic medicine attempts to treat both the mind and the body> < holistic ecology views humans and the environment as a single system>
– ho · lis · ti · cal · ly \ -ti-k( ə -)l ē \ adverb