holismo
Portuguese, noun/oˈliz.mu/
holismo is spelled H-O-L-I-S-M-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 133,944th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Holismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “holism (belief that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “abordagem que defende o entendimento integral dos fenômenos, em que as propriedades de um sistema completo…”.
What does holismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineholism (belief that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. abordagem que defende o entendimento integral dos fenômenos, em que as propriedades de um sistema completo não podem ser explicadas apenas pela soma de seus componentes
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of holismo
- holismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce holismo?
- Brazil /oˈliz.mu/
- /oˈliʒ.mu/
- Portugal /ɔˈliʒ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to holismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is holismo in Portuguese?
holismo appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).