holistic

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As a result, East Asian thought is "holistic" -- drawn to the perceptual field as a whole and to relations among objects and events within that field.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to holism.
  2. adjective Emphasizing the importance of the whole and the interdependence of its parts.
  3. adjective Concerned with wholes rather than analysis or separation into parts: holistic medicine; holistic ecology.

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  • But then people applied words like gestalt, holistic, and artistic. —  Omni: October 1993
  • While TPC is eclectic, holistic, and open to different perspectives, it approaches anti-capitalism and total liberation from an essentially anarcho-veganist position, as portrayed in the graphic above by the juxtaposition of the Boy Scout -- a victim of one of the indoctrinating mechanisms for our imperialist, patriarchal, faux Christian, corporatist, statist, speciesist society -- against the anarchist symbol, which represents democracy, decentralization, mutually respectful individual sovereignty, egalitarianism, direct action, and mutual aid. —  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
  • The 5D's of BoP Marketing: Touchpoints for a holistic, human-centered strategy
  • The 5D's of BoP Marketing: Touchpoints for a holistic, human-centered strategy, by Niti Bhan —  Blah, Blah! Technology
  • Reiki is usually described as a holistic healing technique, a form of therapeutic touch or a type of "energy medicine" in which a practitioner places hands on the body in certain positions in order to facilitate and manipulate the flow of energy.
 

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