Etymology

holotropic

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Today it means: Oriented or moving towards wholeness. Full definition →

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The story

Coined by psychiatrist Stanislav Grof. From ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + -tropic (“turning or changing”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “movement towards something”) and τρέπω (trépō, “turn towards something”).

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