organicist

O1R1G2A1N1I1C3I1S1T1

noun

An advocate of organicism.

First used 19th c.Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounorganicist (plural organicists)

plural organicists

  1. An advocate of organicism.First known use 19th c.

    The organicist view of society has much less appeal to contemporary theorists.

    2007, Francis Heylighen, “The Global Superorganism: An Evolutionary-cybernetic Model of the Emerging Network Society”, in Social Evolution & History, volume 6, number 1, page 58
    1 more example

    While claiming their science could provide explanations of the pathophysiological and neurological mechanisms of psychiatric disorders, organicists were far from sanguine about cures.

    1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 491

Origin

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

organicist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organicist

MLA

“organicist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organicist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “organicist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organicist.

Source: organicist on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.