holistic

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Etymology

From hol- +‎ -istic. See holism.

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Adjective

holistic (comparative more holistic, superlative most holistic)

  1. Related to holism.
  2. Relating to a study of the whole instead of a separation into parts.
    Synonym: systemic
    Antonym: atomistic
    • 2015 October 7, “New Insights into Polychaete Traces and Fecal Pellets: Another Complex Ichnotaxon?”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      Our holistic study of these modern-day traces suggests it to be a complex trace arising from domichnial, fodinichnial and possibly pascichnial behavior of polychaetes.

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