Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
HOLIST
Etymology
Adjective
holist (not comparable)
(education, of a learning strategy) That concentrates on forming an overview of the topic.
Coordinate terms
• (education): serialist
Noun
holist (plural holists)
A believer in, or practitioner of, holism; one who believes that a topic of study cannot be fully understood by studying the parts, or who studies by considering the whole.
(sociology) One who advocates studying society as a whole, and who consistently interprets the actions of individuals in that context.
(education) One who prefers to learn by forming an overview of the topic.
Coordinate terms
• (believer in or practitioner of holism): reductionist
• (education): serialist
Anagrams
• lithos, thiols, thoils
Source: Wiktionary
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