holistic

English

Alternative forms

• wholistic

Etymology

From hol- +‎ -istic. See holism.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /həʊˈlɪs.tɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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

Adjective

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

Translations

related to holism

• Catalan: holístic (ca)
• Czech: holistický
• Finnish: holistinen (fi)
• French: holistique (fr), holiste (fr) m or f
• German: holistisch (de)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: holistisk

  Nynorsk: holistisk

• Portuguese: holístico (pt), holista (pt)
• Russian: холисти́ческий (ru) (xolistíčeskij)
• Sindhi: پُورمَتِي
• Spanish: holístico (es)
• Swedish: helhets- (sv), holistisk
• Turkish: bütünsel (tr), bütünselci
• Welsh: cyfannol

relating to an analysis of the whole instead of a separation into parts

• Catalan: holístic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 全方位的 (zh) (quánfāngwèi de), 全盤的／全盘的 (zh) (quánpán de), 全面的 (zh) (quánmiàn de)

• Finnish: holistinen (fi)
• French: holistique (fr) m or f, holiste (fr) m or f
• German: ganzheitlich (de)
• Indonesian: holistis (id), holistik
• Italian: olistico (it) m
• Maori: torowhānui
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: holistisk

  Nynorsk: holistisk

• Portuguese: holístico (pt), holista (pt)
• Russian: це́лостный (ru) (célostnyj), всесторонний (ru) (vsestoronnij), всеобъе́млющий (ru) (vseobʺjémljuščij)
• Swedish: holistisk
• Turkish: bütünsel (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} holístico (es)

Anagrams

• scolithi