noun
A philosophical term referring to the idea that systems and their properties should be viewed as wholes, not just as a collection of parts. 'Wholism' is a less common variant spelling.
全体論は、部分の総和以上のものが全体にはあると考える。
Holism holds that the whole is more than the sum of its parts.
From 全体 (zentai, 'whole') + 論 (ron, 'theory'). A straightforward compound used to translate the Western philosophical concept of holism.