organicism

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English

Etymology

From organic +‎ -ism.

Noun

organicism (countable and uncountable, plural organicisms)

  1. (medicine, historical) The theory that disease is a result of structural alteration of organs.
  2. The concept that everything is organic, or forms part of an organic whole.
    • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
      Its asymmetrical design, half curved, half rectangular, reflects the marquise's divided nature: female organicism joined to male geometry, a psychic hermaphroditism.
  3. (philosophy) The treatment of society or the universe as if it were an organism.
  4. The theory that the total organization of an organism is more important than the functioning of its individual organs.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French organicisme.

Noun

organicism n (uncountable)

  1. organicism

Declension

declension of organicism (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) organicism organicismul
genitive/dative (unui) organicism organicismului
vocative organicismule
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