In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
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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FELLOW
(noun) a member of a learned society; “he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association”
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