organicist
/ɔrˈɡænɪsɪst/
noun
- A person who believes that a society, system, or work of art is like a living organism, with parts that work together as a whole.
- As an organicist, the urban planner designed the city to grow like a forest, with interconnected neighborhoods.
- The artist was an organicist who believed every brushstroke should contribute to the painting's life.
- Organicists argue that a company should function like a body, where each department supports the others.
- A person who believes that all diseases and life processes come from the physical structure of the body.
- Modern medicine owes much to organicists who focused on studying organs and tissues.
- Organicists in the 1800s rejected the idea that illness was caused by evil spirits.
- The doctor, an organicist, insisted that the patient's depression had a physical cause.
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