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Definition: Holistic |
HolisticAdjective1. Emphasizing the organic or functional relation between parts and the whole. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "holistic" was first used: 1926. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
HOLISTIC | English | High Order Language Instruction Set Computer | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Antonym: atomistic (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Holistic |
| English words defined with "holistic": holistic medicine. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "holistic": eutony ♦ Holistic Health, holistic masks. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Ed's Holistic Car Repair (1998) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | This Vienna County landowner has worked with NRCS to implement a holistic conservation approach to his land.Credit: Dot Paul. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Acupuncture focuses on a holistic, energy-based approach to the patient rather than a disease-oriented diagnostic and treatment model. (references) | |
Founded in December 1986, the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, Inc. provides educational information and supports MS research, including investigations of "alternative" or holistic therapies. (references) | ||
Economic History | Romania | In order to be effective, the current government must take a holistic approach and battle corruption as a societal problem. (references) |
Women | South Africa | In 2000 the Government launched a pilot project in two communities aimed at providing holistic care for rape victims. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Holistic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.22% of the time. "Holistic" is used about 256 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.22% | 254 | 18,599 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.78% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 256 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "holistic": Holistic dentistry ♦ Holistic gynecology ♦ Holistic Health ♦ holistic masks ♦ Holistic medicine ♦ Holistic Nursing ♦ Holistic Palpate Energy Therapy ♦ Holistic psychiatry ♦ Holistic psychotherapy ♦ Holistic reiki ♦ Psychospiritual holistic healing. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "holistic": holistic-atomistic. | |
Ending with "holistic": non-holistic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "holistic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 全部 (Entirety, lot, lots, totality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | holistický. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | holistiske masker (holistic masks). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | holistische maskers (holistic masks). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | masques holistiques (holistic masks). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ganzheitlich (integral, integrated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Ολιστικές μάσκες (holistic masks). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | holisztikus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | maschere olistiche (holistic masks), maschere di caratteri (holistic masks). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | olistichay máscara holística (holistic masks). (various references) холистический, целостный, глобальный (global). (various references) holistisk. (various references) แบบองค์รวม. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | holos. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "holistic": holistically. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "holistic": wholistic. (additional references) | |
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"Holistic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Hellsvik, hloistic, Hokitika, holisitic, holisticl, holistics, holistie, holitic, hollistic, holostic, hplistic, phlogistic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "holistic" (pronounced hōli"stik) |
| 7 | -ō l i" s t i k | oligopolistic. |
| 6 | -l i" s t i k | ballistic, capitalistic, dualistic, fatalistic, feudalistic, idealistic, imperialistic, individualistic, journalistic, legalistic, materialistic, monopolistic, moralistic, nationalistic, naturalistic, novelistic, paternalistic, pluralistic, realistic, ritualistic, sensationalistic, simplistic, socialistic, stylistic, surrealistic, unrealistic. |
| 5 | -i" s t i k | altruistic, anachronistic, antagonistic, artistic, atheistic, autistic, characteristic, chauvinistic, coloristic, cystic, deterministic, euphemistic, expressionistic, futuristic, hedonistic, humanistic, impressionistic, jingoistic, linguistic, logistic, mechanistic, militaristic, mystic, narcissistic, opportunistic, optimistic, pantheistic, patristic, pessimistic, polytheistic, primitivistic, propagandistic, puristic, relativistic, sadistic, statistic, synergistic, terroristic, uncharacteristic, voyeuristic. |
| 4 | -s t i k | acoustic, agnostic, atavistic, bombastic, caustic, diagnostic, domestic, drastic, drumstick, dynastic, ecclesiastic, elastic, enthusiastic, evangelistic, fantastic, gymnastic, iconoclastic, inelastic, interscholastic, majestic, masochistic, monastic, onomastic, plastic, rustic, sarcastic, scholastic, thermoplastic, unenthusiastic. |
| 3 | -t i k | acetic, acrobatic, aerobatic, aesthetic, alphabetic, amniotic, analytic, anesthetic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apathetic, apocalyptic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, aristocratic, arithmetic, aromatic, arthritic, ascetic, asthmatic, astronautic, asymptomatic, athletic, attic, authentic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, bureaucratic, catalytic, cathartic, chaotic, charismatic, chiropractic, cinematic, climactic, climatic, cosmetic, critic, cryptic, cultic, democratic, dendritic, despotic, diabetic, diagrammatic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diplomatic, diuretic, dogmatic, dramatic, eclectic, ecliptic, ecstatic, electrolytic, electromagnetic, electrostatic, emblematic, emetic, empathetic, emphatic, energetic, enigmatic, enzymatic, epigenetic, epileptic, erotic, erratic, exotic, extragalactic, fanatic, ferromagnetic, fiberoptic, frantic, frenetic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, granitic, halophytic, hectic, hemolytic, hepatic, heretic, hermaphroditic, homeostatic, homiletic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, idiotic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, lymphatic, magnetic, mathematic, melodramatic, monochromatic, narcotic, neritic, neurotic, numismatic, operatic, optic, orthodontic, pancreatic, paralytic, paramagnetic, parasitic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, pathetic, patriotic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, peripatetic, phonetic, phosphatic, pneumatic, poetic, porphyritic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, prophetic, prophylactic, prostatic, prosthetic, psychoanalytic, psychosomatic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, quixotic, rheumatic, robotic, romantic, schematic, semantic, semiautomatic, semiotic, septic, skeptic, static, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, symptomatic, synthetic, systematic, tactic, technocratic, thematic, theocratic, therapeutic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, traumatic, triptych, unapologetic, unauthentic, undemocratic, undiplomatic, unpatriotic, unsympathetic. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-h-i-i-l-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: colitis, coltish, litchis, solicit, thiolic. | |
-2 letters: chilis, cloths, holist, lichis, lichts, litchi, lithic, lithos, thiols. | |
-3 letters: chili, chits, clits, cloth, clots, coils, colts, hilts, hoist, holts, lichi, licht, licit, litho, lochs, lotic, sloth, stich, stoic, thiol, toils. | |
-4 letters: chis, chit, cist, clit, clot, coil, cols, colt, cosh, cost, cots, hili, hilt, hist, hits, hols. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-h-i-i-l-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: wholistic. | |
+2 letters: histologic, historical, homiletics, isoplethic, microliths, phlogistic. | |
+3 letters: ahistorical, hylozoistic, ostrichlike, psilophytic, scholiastic, sophistical, thiouracils. | |
+4 letters: bibliothecas, catholicizes, chlorinities, histological, historically, holistically, lithospheric, locksmithing, lysolecithin, polyhistoric, polytheistic, trichologies, trichologist, unhistorical. | |
+5 letters: catholicities, chlorinations, cholecystitis, clavichordist, clotheslining, histochemical, homosociality, ichthyologies, ichthyologist, lichenologist, locksmithings, lockstitching, lysolecithins, nonhistorical, prehistorical, scholasticism, solicitorship, sophistically, trichologists. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 6F 6C 69 73 74 69 63 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... --- .-.. .. ... - .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01101111 01101100 01101001 01110011 01110100 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H o l i s t i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 006F 006C 0069 0073 0074 0069 0063 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4281787585867569 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Abbreviations | 13. Acronyms 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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