holist

Meanings

Adjective

• That concentrates on forming an overview of the topic.

Noun

• A believer in, or practitioner of, holism; one who believes that a topic of study cannot be fully understood by studying the parts, or who studies by considering the whole.
• One who advocates studying society as a whole, and who consistently interprets the actions of individuals in that context.
• One who prefers to learn by forming an overview of the topic.

Origin

• holo- + -ist