organicism
noun
or·gan·i·cism
ȯr-ˈga-nə-ˌsi-zəm
1
a
: the explanation of life and living processes in terms of the levels of organization of living systems rather than in terms of the properties of their smallest components
b
: vitalism
2
: any of various theories that attribute to society or the universe as a whole an existence or characteristics analogous to those of a biological organism
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