Perception or study in terms of the whole rather than individual parts A holistic reading of scripture would take, for example, an entire biblical book as it stands and look for how it works together as a whole, rather than dividing it into smaller parts for individual study, or trying to distinguish which parts came from where
meaning the whole (sometimes spelled wholistic), more specifically meaning that all things are connected, there is cause & effect in a holistic understanding, though we often have to search a little harder for the cause than in a simple newtonian world
Interested in the whole of the human condition: past, present, and future; biology, society, language, and culture
is a term used often in complementary and alternative therapies to emphasize and describe the whole body approach - the integration of mind, body and spirit
{s} of or pertaining to holism; focusing on the connection between parts of a whole; dealing with wholeness rather than focusing on its parts or different sides or viewpoints
Of, concerned with, or dealing with wholes or integrated systems rather than with their parts With respect to water-related issues, the term most typically describes an analytical and planning approach which examines and considers the inter-related linkages and interdependencies of a socioeconomic system with resource use, pollution, environmental impacts, and preservation of an entire ecosystem
The integration of components of an ecosystem in some scale of ecological inquiry In a holistic perspective, one ecosystem component cannot be isolated without reference to how it affects and is affected by other components in the system
An attempt to study and master the knowledge and control of entire systems An emphasis on functional relations between parts and whole; a doctrine in which a whole cannot be expressed as the simple sum of its parts
(A view, analysis) of an entire system (with all its elements, states, processes and relations)
Looking at the whole system rather than just concentrating on individual components The overall sum can be greater than a simple totaling of the individual parts, because the "system" adds something in addition Another term is "systems thinking"
Sometimes spelt wholistic It means targeted to the whole person - mind, body, and spirit Holistic medicine considers not only physical health but also the emotional, spiritual, social, and mental well-being of the person