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organicism

noun
or路​gan路​i路​cism | \ 券r-藞ga-n蓹-藢si-z蓹m How to pronounce organicism (audio) \

Definition of organicism

1a : the explanation of life and living processes in terms of the levels of organization of living systems rather than in terms of the properties of their smallest components
b : vitalism
2 : any of various theories that attribute to society or the universe as a whole an existence or characteristics analogous to those of a biological organism

Other Words from organicism

organicist \ 券r-​藞ga-​n蓹-​sist How to pronounce organicist (audio) \ noun or adjective

First Known Use of organicism

1883, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

History and Etymology for organicism

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organicism

noun
or路​gan路​i路​cism | \ 券r-藞gan-蓹-藢siz-蓹m How to pronounce organicism (audio) \

Medical Definition of organicism

: a theory that disease is always associated with a structural lesion of an organ

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