organicism

noun5

1. •
   The concept that everything is organic, or forms part of an organic whole.

   • Its asymmetrical design, half curved, half rectangular, reflects the marquise's divided nature: female organicism joined to male geometry, a psychic hermaphroditism. — 1990
2. •
   The treatment of society or the universe as if it were an organism.
3. •
   The theory that the total organization of an organism is more important than the functioning of its individual organs.
4. •
   (historical) The theory that disease is a result of structural alteration of organs.
5. •
   The mereological idea that living things are the only composite objects.