organismic
/ˌɔɹɡənˈɪzmɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to organicism or organisms.
adj
Of or relating to a family of holistic psychological theories that tend to stress the organization, unity, and integration of human beings expressed through each individual's inherent growth or developmental tendency.
Example Sentences
- "As a projection of the way people experienced daily life, organismic theory emphasized interdependence among the parts of the human body, subordination of individual to communal purposes in family, community, and state, and vital life permeating the cosmos to the lowliest stone."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-der. Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon)bor. Latin organumder. Old French organebor. Middle English organe English organ 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 organism Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English organismic From organism + -ic.
Inflected Forms
more organismic (comparative)
most organismic (superlative)