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English
Etymology
From hol- + -istic. See holism.
Pronunciation
Adjective
holistic (comparative more holistic, superlative most holistic)
- Related to holism.
- 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.
Translations
relating to an analysis of the whole instead of a separation into parts
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