Look up: organicism

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   organicism
   [n] - theory that the total organization of an organism rather than the functioning of individual organs is the determinant of life processes
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   organicism
   In political philosophy, a theory about the nature of the state, describing and explaining the state in terms of a living organism. The theory owes much to the ancient Greek political philosophers,...
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   Organicism
   Or·gan'i·cism noun (Medicine) The doctrine of the localization of disease, or which refers it always to a material lesion of an organ. Dunglison.
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   organicism
   <medicine> The doctrine of the localization of disease, or which refers it always to a material lesion of an organ. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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   organicism
   noun theory that the total organization of an organism rather than the functioning of individual organs is the determinant of life processes
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   Organicism
   `Organicism` is a philosophical orientation that asserts that reality is best understood as an organic whole. By definition it is close to holism. Plato, Hobbes or Constantin Brunner are examples of such philosophical thought. Organicism is also a biological doctrine that stresses the organization, rather than the composition, of organisms. William Emerson Ritter coined the term in 1919. Organicism became well-accepted in the 20th century. Or...
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   Organicism
   • (n.) The doctrine of the localization of disease, or which refers it always to a material lesion of an organ.
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   organicism
   (from the article `nature, philosophy of`) The basic claim of organicism is that organisms must be interpreted as functioning wholes and cannot be understood by means of physics and chemistry ...
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   organicism
   organicism, organicist, organicistic 1. In medicine, the theory that all diseases are due to structural changes in the body's organs. 2. In social sciences, the theory that society is analogous to, or shares characteristics with, living organisms.
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    organicism
    A theory that attributes all diseases, in particular, all mental disorders, as organic in origin.
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    Organicism
    A theory of biology that life consists in the organization or dynamic system of the organism. Opposed to mechanism and vitalism. -- J.K.F.
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