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organicism

noun

Etymology

From organic + -ism.

  1. derived from organicus
  2. derived from organique
  3. inherited from organic
  4. suffixed as organicism — “organic + ism”

Definitions

  1. 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.

    • Its asymmetrical design, half curved, half rectangular, reflects the marquise's divided nature: female organicism joined to male geometry, a psychic hermaphroditism.

  3. The treatment of society or the universe as if it were an organism.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The theory that the total organization of an organism is more important than the…

      The theory that the total organization of an organism is more important than the functioning of its individual organs.

The neighborhood

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