organicistic

9.9

Treating a system as a single living whole rather than separate parts

adjective
/ɔrˈɡænɪˌstɪk/

Specialized

: organicista

The philosopher advanced an organicistic view of society, seeing it as more than the sum of its parts.

Examples

Her approach to urban planning was decidedly organicistic, emphasizing the city as a living organism.
This theory adopts an organicistic perspective to explain the interactions within an ecosystem.
The organicistic approach is essential in understanding ecological systems.
Many biologists advocate for an organicistic perspective on life.
Her approach to urban planning was decidedly organicistic, emphasizing the city as a living organism.
The philosopher advanced an organicistic view of society, seeing it as more than the sum of its parts.
This theory adopts an organicistic perspective to explain the interactions within an ecosystem.

Synonyms

organismic

vsorganicistic

Specialized

1 8.1

Relating to a living thing seen as a whole

emphasizes a theoretical view of systems as unified wholes rather than collections

How Holistic

holistic

43 5.8

organicistic

Specialized

9.9

integrative

7 6.9

reductionist

Formal

4 8.2

atomistic

1 9.1

Surface Forms

organicistic positive

Morphology

organicistic = organic (semi-transparent) = organic + istic

Formed by adding the adjectival suffix '-istic' to 'organic', which indicates 'pertaining to organic/organicism' but the specialized philosophical sense is somewhat technical.

Etymology

Organicistic comes from organic, which comes from organ meaning 'a part of a living body' or 'a living thing'. So to be organicistic is to see a system like one living body, where all the parts work together as a whole rather than as separate pieces.