holist noun 3adjective 1forms 1 noun3 •A believer in, or practitioner of, holism; one who believes that a topic of study cannot be fully understood by studying the parts, or who studies by considering the whole. •One who advocates studying society as a whole, and who consistently interprets the actions of individuals in that context. •One who prefers to learn by forming an overview of the topic.Those subjects using a serialist strategy tended to proceed in a step-by-step manner, whereas the holists adopted a more global approach to what was to be learned. — 2000 adjective1 •That concentrates on forming an overview of the topic.Pask suggests that these strategies reflect basic learning styles; holist strategies reflect a comprehension learning style and serialist strategies an operation learning style. — 2000 formsholists
