holistic

• wholistic

From hol- +‎ -istic. See holism.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /həʊˈlɪs.tɪk/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /hoʊˈlɪs.tɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɪstɪk
• Homophone: wholistic

holistic (comparative more holistic, superlative most holistic)

1. Related to holism.
2. Relating to a study of the whole instead of a separation into parts.

   Synonym: systemic

   Antonym: atomistic

   • 2015 October 7, “New Insights into Polychaete Traces and Fecal Pellets: Another Complex Ichnotaxon?”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Our holistic study of these modern-day traces suggests it to be a complex trace arising from domichnial, fodinichnial and possibly pascichnial behavior of polychaetes.

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