holistic

English

Alternative forms

• wholistic

Etymology

From hol- +‎ -istic. See holism.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /həˈlɪs.tɪk/, /həʊˈlɪs.tɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /hoʊˈlɪs.tɪk/, /həˈlɪs.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

   • 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.

   • 2026 February 9, Catherine Shoard, quoting Kevin Wilson, “Melania drops 67% at US box office as Rotten Tomatoes defends record-breaking audience scores”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     “Melania’s strong theatrical performance is a critical first moment that validates our holistic distribution strategy, building awareness, engagement and provides momentum ahead of the film’s eventual debut on Prime Video,” said Amazon MGM distribution chief Kevin Wilson.

Derived terms

• antiholistic
• holistically
• holisticness
• nonholistic
• unholistic

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 (pūrmatī)
• 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 (id)
• Italian: olistico (it) m
• Māori: 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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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} holístico (es)

Anagrams

• scolithi