organicism noun. [ɔ:'ganɪsɪz(ǝ)m] M19.
[French organicisme: cf. ORGANIC, -ISM.]
1. Medicine. The doctrine or theory which refers all disease to a localized organic cause. M-L19.

2. The doctrine that everything in nature has an organic basis or is part of an organic whole. E20.

3. The use or advocacy of literary or artistic forms in which the parts are connected or coordinated in the whole. M20.

■ organicist noun & adjective (a) noun an advocate or supporter of organicism; (b) adjective of or pertaining to organicism: L19.

■ organi'cistic adjective E20.

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