holistic

ho·lis·tic

adj \hō-ˈlis-tik\

Definition of HOLISTIC

1

: of or relating to holism

2

: relating to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems rather than with the analysis of, treatment of, or dissection into parts <holistic medicine attempts to treat both the mind and the body> <holistic ecology views humans and the environment as a single system>

— ho·lis·ti·cal·ly\-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Examples of HOLISTIC

1. Holistic medicine attempts to treat both the mind and the body.
2. We need to take a more holistic approach to improving our schools.

First Known Use of HOLISTIC

1926

Rhymes with HOLISTIC

artistic, autistic, ballistic, Buddhistic, cladistic, cubistic, deistic, ekistic, eristic, faunistic, floristic, heuristic, hubristic, juristic, linguistic, logistic, meristic, monistic, patristic, phlogistic, puristic, simplistic, sophistic, statistic, stylistic, Taoistic, theistic, Thomistic, touristic, tropistic, truistic, veristic, Yahwistic