organicism

noun 4

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noun

1

The theory that disease is a result of structural alteration of organs.

2

The concept that everything is organic, or forms part of an organic whole.

Its asymmetrical design, half curved, half rectangular, reflects the marquise's divided nature: female organicism joined to male geometry, a psychic hermaphroditism.

3

The treatment of society or the universe as if it were an organism.

4

The theory that the total organization of an organism is more important than the functioning of its individual organs.

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