organicists

/ɔrˈɡænɪsɪsts/
noun
  1. People who believe that society or a system is like a living organism, with parts that work together as a whole.
    • Organicists in the group insisted that the company's departments must function like organs in a body.
    • The organicists argued that the economy should be treated as a single, living system.
    • Many early sociologists were organicists, comparing society to a human body.
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