totalistic adjective3 •Of or relating to totalism. •Having the state of each cell represented by a number, and the value of a cell dependent only on the sum of the values of nearby cells.BTW: Of course the rules were parametrised, so any totalistic 2-dimensional 9-neighbourhood CA could be run. — 1989 •Outer totalistic.Since Life is totalistic on 8 neighbours, this requires no extra assumptions. — 2000