Considering a whole system and the relationships among its parts.
Reach for it when describing integrated assessment when isolated measures would miss important effects
The council took a holistic view of transport, housing, and public health.
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everyday
Fits when an assessment balances several dimensions
Careful Rounded is informal and can imply adequacy rather than genuine system understanding.
warm
Fits when care includes someone's physical, emotional, and social circumstances
Careful Whole-person applies to people and not to ecosystems or technical systems.
professional
Fits when broad coverage of relevant factors is the chief claim
Careful Comprehensive can be a long checklist without examining relationships among factors.
professional
Fits when separate services or components work as one arrangement
Careful Integration may connect parts operationally without considering the complete context.
formal
systemic
Fits when patterns produced by the wider system need attention
Careful Systemic often focuses on structural causes, while holistic also includes individual parts.
literary
ecological
Fits when interdependence and context shape the analysis
Careful Ecological properly concerns organisms or environments unless clearly used as a metaphor.
holistic approach
A holistic approach linked flood control with habitat and recreation.
holistic assessment
The holistic assessment considered pain, sleep, work, and family support.
holistic view
A holistic view revealed that the delay began outside the factory.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Vealhurl, Southern England accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated
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