Organic

Quick meaning: Organic is an adjective meaning (biology) Pertaining to or derived from living organisms.

Meaning

(biology) Pertaining to or derived from living organisms.

More Meanings

1. (physiology, medicine) Pertaining to an organ of the body of a living organism.
2. (chemistry) Relating to the compounds of carbon, relating to natural products.
3. Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end.
4. (agriculture) Of food or food products, grown in an environment free from artificial agrichemicals, and possibly certified by a regulatory body.
5. (military) Of a military unit or formation, or its elements, belonging to a permanent organization (in contrast to being temporarily attached).
6. (Internet, marketing, of search results) Generated according to the ranking algorithms of a search engine, as opposed to deliberate promotional techniques e.g. by advertisers.
7. (sociology) 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).

Example Sentences

Pitiful organics.

The writing of the script was an organic process.

The production came together in an organic whole.

those organic arts which enable men to discourse and write perspicuously

Word Forms

• organick
• organics

Synonyms for organic

Depending on context, synonyms include essential, constituent, natural, constitutive, integrated, constitutional.

Antonyms for organic

Common opposites include inorganic, functional.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include constitutional, constituent, natural, structured, integrated, constitutive.

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