Holism

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  holism
       n : the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and
           cannot be understood except in their relation to the
           whole; "holism holds that the whole is greater than the
           sum of its parts"; "holistic theory has been applied to
           ecology and language and mental states" [syn: {holistic


           theory}] [ant: {atomism}]