In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HOLISM
holism, holistic theory
(noun) the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole; “holism holds that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts”; “holistic theory has been applied to ecology and language and mental states”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
holism (countable and uncountable, plural holisms)
A theory or belief that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. [from 1926]
A practice based on such a theory or belief.
Source: Wiktionary
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POLYGENIC
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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