organismic
Of living wholes
Organismic means relating to or characteristic of a living organism as a whole, integrated system rather than as separate parts.
The term appears in biology and psychology to emphasize that organisms function as unified entities: an organismic approach to development, organismic needs like hunger and sleep.
It contrasts with mechanistic or reductionist views that analyze components in isolation.
Interconnected organisms and surroundings
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- nicheRecessed wall space
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- communityCollective of connected people
biodiversity · biome · symbiosis · trophic · biotic · abiotic · producer · consumer
Complete, undivided state
- gestaltIntegrated perceptual whole
- totalityComplete aggregate amount
- integrationCombining into a whole
- unityWholeness through cohesion
completeness · coherence · synthesis · holism · entirety · unified · interdependence · harmony
Composed of small units
- multicellularHaving multiple cells
- eukaryoticHaving organized nuclear membrane
- prokaryoticLacking membrane-enclosed organelles
- physiologicalOf body functions
metabolic · biochemical · developmental · reproductive · anatomical · DNA · RNA · proteins
Fitting to new conditions
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- fitnessGood physical shape
- natural selectionDifferential reproductive success
mutation · variation · plasticity · resilience · acclimatization · phenotype · genotype · selection pressure
Mutual joining of parts
- networkInterconnected system
- interdependenceReciprocal reliance between entities
- integrationCombining into a whole
- complexityState of being complicated
emergence · feedback · hierarchy · subsystems · dynamic equilibrium · cybernetic · living systems · boundary
ecosystem
Interconnected organisms and surroundings
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- nicheRecessed wall space
- populationAll inhabitants combined
community · biodiversity · biome · symbiosis · trophic · biotic · abiotic · producer · consumer · decomposer
wholeness
Complete, undivided state
- gestaltIntegrated perceptual whole
- totalityComplete aggregate amount
- integrationCombining into a whole
unity · completeness · coherence · synthesis · holism · entirety · unified · interdependence · harmony · balance
cellular
Composed of small units
- multicellularHaving multiple cells
- eukaryoticHaving organized nuclear membrane
- prokaryoticLacking membrane-enclosed organelles
physiological · metabolic · biochemical · developmental · reproductive · anatomical · DNA · RNA · proteins · enzymes
adaptation
Fitting to new conditions
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- fitnessGood physical shape
natural selection · mutation · variation · plasticity · resilience · acclimatization · phenotype · genotype · selection pressure · speciation
interconnection
Mutual joining of parts
- networkInterconnected system
- interdependenceReciprocal reliance between entities
- integrationCombining into a whole
complexity · emergence · feedback · hierarchy · subsystems · dynamic equilibrium · cybernetic · living systems · boundary · regulation
organismicreductionist
One who oversimplifies complexity
reductionistic · mechanistic · atomistic · analytic · molecular
organismicmechanistic
Viewing systems as machines
mechanical · inorganic · artificial · robotic · clockwork
organismicfragmented
Broken into pieces
disintegrated · compartmentalized · modular · piecemeal · disconnected
- whole organism
- living organisms
- soil organisms
- genetically modified organismsLifeforms with altered DNA
- tiny organisms
- single-celled organismsOrganisms lacking multicellularity