ホーリズム

noun

holism; wholism

A philosophical or scientific concept that systems should be viewed as wholes, not just as collections of parts. Often contrasted with reductionism. The Japanese term 全体論 is a common synonym.

See also: 全体論

• ホーリズムは、全ぜん体たいは部ぶ分ぶんの総そう和わ以い上じょうのものであると考かんがえる。

  Holism holds that the whole is more than the sum of its parts.

• 生せい態たい学がくではホーリズムの視し点てんが重じゅう要ようだ。

  In ecology, a holistic perspective is important.