organic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːˈɡænɪk/
ipa: /ɔɹˈɡænɪk/
rhymes: -ænɪk
Forms: form: more organic
form: most organic
form: organick
Etymology: From Middle English organic, organik, from Old French organique, from Latin organicus.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to or derived from living organisms.
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to an organ of the body of a living organism.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to the compounds of carbon, relating to natural products.
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: Of food or food products, grown in an environment free from artificial agrichemicals, and possibly certified by a regulatory body.
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: Describing a form of social solidarity theorized by Emile Durkheim that is characterized by voluntary engagements in complex interdependencies for mutual benefit (such as business agreements), rather than mechanical solidarity, which depends on ascribed relations between people (as in a family or tribe).
examples: text: Socially, the term “organic” unit implies a military force characterized by relatively high cohesion, overlapping primary groups and a certain sense of shared past.
ref: 1998, Eyal Ben-Ari, Mastering Soldiers: Conflict, Emotions, and the Enemy in an Israeli Military Unit, Beghahn Books, page 29:
text: Most types of German field divisions include an organic reconnaissance battalion, and the remainder have strong reconnaissance companies.
ref: 1945, U.S. War Department, Handbook on German Military Forces, LSU Press, published 1990, page 161:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Of a military unit or formation, or its elements, belonging to a permanent organization (in contrast to being temporarily attached).
examples: text: those organic arts which enable men to discourse and write perspicuously
ref: [1644], [John Milton], Of Education. To Master Samuel Hartlib, [London: […] Thomas Underhill and/or Thomas Johnson], →OCLC:
glosses: Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end.
examples: text: According to a recent survey by Jupiter Research, 80 percent of Web users get information from organic search results.
ref: 2008, Michael Masterson, MaryEllen Tribby, Changing the Channel: 12 Easy Ways to Make Millions for Your Business:
topics: business
marketing
antonyms: inorganic
glosses: Generated according to the ranking algorithms of a search engine, as opposed to deliberate promotional techniques e.g. by advertisers.
raw_tags: of search results
examples: text: The writing of the script was an organic process.
glosses: Developing in a gradual or natural fashion.
examples: text: The production came together in an organic whole.
glosses: Harmonious; coherent; structured.
Coordinate terms: topics: chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: inorganic
Derived terms: anorganic
antiorganic
bioorganic
disorganic
electroorganic
enorganic
haloorganic
heterorganic
homorganic
hyperorganic
interorganic
intraorganic
metalloorganic
metalorganic
metal-organic framework
microorganic
monorganic
nonorganic
organic agriculture
organically
organic amine
organic architecture
organic brain syndrome
organic chemist
organic chemistry
organic defect
organic dust toxic syndrome
organic electroluminescent display
organic farming
organic food
organic forestry
organic growth
organic intellectual
organicism
organicist
organic law
organic light-emitting diode
organic matter
organicness
organic reduction
organic salt
organic search marketing
organivore
organyl
orgo
persistent organic pollutant
polyorganic
prebiotic organic synthesis
superorganic
technorganic
teleorganic
unorganic
veganic
volatile organic compound
Related terms: organicity