sum of its parts
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[edit]sum of its parts (plural sums of their parts)
- A group which can be seen as a mere juxtaposition of the elements that compose it; a collection of things where there is no new property or added value that emerges from the interactions between its parts.
- 4th century BCE, Aristotle, Metaphysics:
- The whole is different from the sum of its parts.
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