- The definition of holistic is relating to the idea that things should be studied as a whole and not just as a sum of their parts.
An example of holistic is health care that focuses on the health of the entire body and mind and not just parts of the body.
- of or relating to holism
- of, concerned with, or dealing with wholes or integrated systems rather than with their parts: holistic health care
- holistically adverb
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- Of or relating to holism.
- a. Emphasizing the importance of the whole and the interdependence of its parts.b. Concerned with wholes rather than analysis or separation into parts: holistic medicine; holistic ecology.
- ho·lisˈti·cal·ly adverb