organicism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The concept that everything is organic, or forms part of an organic whole.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The mereological idea that living things are the only composite objects.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The theory that the total organization of an organism is more important than the functioning of its individual organs.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Its asymmetrical design, half curved, half rectangular, reflects the marquise's divided nature: female organicism joined to male geometry, a psychic hermaphroditism."
Etymology
Etymology tree English organic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English organicism From organic + -ism.