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Definitions for holistic
hoʊˈlɪs tɪkholis·tic

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. holisticadjective

    emphasizing the organic or functional relation between parts and the whole

Wiktionary

  1. holisticadjective

    related to holism

  2. holisticadjective

    Relating to a study of the whole instead of a separation into parts.

  3. Etymology: See holism.

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  1. holistic

    Holistic refers to the belief that all parts are intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole. It can relate to various fields such as medicine or education, where an individual or situation is considered as a whole, rather than a collection of separate parts. In essence, it acknowledges the integration and importance of interrelationships among all aspects. Holistic pertains to the understanding that the whole is more than just the sum of its parts.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of holistic in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of holistic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of holistic in a Sentence

  1. Jeffrey Sachs:

    Measuring self-reported happiness and achieving well-being should be on every nation's agenda as they begin to pursue the Sustainable Development Goals, indeed the goals themselves embody the very idea that human well-being should be nurtured through a holistic approach that combines economic, social and environmental objectives.

  2. Michael Dill:

    We can improve our admissions to medical school, make them more holistic, try to remove bias from that, but that’s still not going to solve the problem, we need to look at which schools produce the most medical students and figure out how we improve the representation of Black students in those schools.

  3. Li Li Leung:

    I believe that we have as an organization a responsibility and an obligation to holistically develop our gymnasts and our athletes, so its not just about developing a technically superior gymnast who performs well in the gym but it is about developing a holistic athlete who is best set up for life even beyond the sport.

  4. Ed You:

    The efficiencies aren't there yet, but they will get there, the ultimate goal is to make this a marketable product for health care. And you can't look at the home-brew as a snapshot. We need to look at a holistic approach.

  5. Antigone Davis:

    There’s no one panacea for the issue of sextortion or the issue of the non-consensual sharing of intimate images, it really does take a holistic approach.

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