organicism
English
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editorganicism (countable and uncountable, plural organicisms)
- (medicine, historical) The theory that disease is a result of structural alteration of organs. [from 19th c.]
- The concept that everything is organic, or forms part of an organic whole. [from 20th c.]
- 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
- Its asymmetrical design, half curved, half rectangular, reflects the marquise's divided nature: female organicism joined to male geometry, a psychic hermaphroditism.
- (philosophy) The treatment of society or the universe as if it were an organism.
- The theory that the total organization of an organism is more important than the functioning of its individual organs.
Translations
edittreatment of society or the universe as if it were an organism
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theory concerning the total organization of an organism
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theory that disease is a result of structural alteration of organs
See also
edit- organicism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French organicisme.
Noun
editorganicism n (uncountable)
Declension
edit declension of organicism (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) organicism | organicismul |
genitive/dative | (unui) organicism | organicismului |
vocative | organicismule |
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