What is the meaning of holistic theory?

noun

  • The theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole.
    • usage: "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"
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