What is holistic?

Holistic relates to, or is concerned with, complete systems rather than with the details or parts that make up the system.

The term also refers to a person who tends to be good at understanding the large picture and at relating large areas of information to each other.

• Concept module: holistic
• In overview module: Glossary (Literacy): H
• In modular book: Glossary of literacy terms
• In document collection: Reference materials
• In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

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