Request for a word that means a "one single element not

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  p1In the following sentence, what can be used instead of as one element? I'm looking for a more academic word. I tend to say that human life and wildlife are not separate and they should be thought as a single unity.p2p1A more accurate view of wildlife and human life is to see themas one element with many interconnected and mutually beneficial linksbetween them.p2p1Please suggest me a word!p2
  p1While it is marginally longer, I would suggest using as a single entity. The word entity allows for more complexity than the word element. The end of the sentence should perhaps be recast as well, to avoid the final plural them which would naturally refer back to the singular entity. You would havep2p1A more accurate view of wildlife and human life is to see them as a single entity with many interconnected and mutually beneficial links between its parts.p2
  p1You might have to adjust the sentence structure a little, but: system.p2p1From Merriam-Webster: a regularly interacting or interdependent group of items forming a unified whole.p2
  p1You could use holistic.p2p1relating to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems rather than with the analysis of, treatment of, or dissection into partsp2p1relating to or concerned with complete systems rather than with individual partsp2p1// holistic ecology views humans and the environment as a single system (Merriam-Webster)p2p1A more accurate view of wildlife and human life is to see them as a holistic ecology with many interconnected and mutually beneficial links between them.p2
  p1You could say that wildlife and human life are symbiotic, meaning a close, prolonged association between two or more different organisms of different species. It can also imply a mutually beneficial dependence.p2
  p1I would actually encourage you not to change your phrasing because you want a more academic word. Element is academic enough already, but that really doesn't matter. You want words that are clear and precise, and it is nice if they are vivid, but, in academic prose, clarity and precision are more important.p2p1I notice that some answers that have been given focus more on the interconnections and mutual benefit, suggesting words like symbiosis. But my impression is that you are more talking about categories, and that there should be one category of life, not human life and wildlife. In that case category isn't a bad choice of word. Peter's suggestion of entity and your own original element are good too.p2
  p1The term that is generally used for this is an ecosystem. Here is the definition:p2p1all the living things in an area and the way they affect each other and the environmentp2p1A more accurate view of wildlife and human life is to see them as an ecosystem with many interconnected and mutually beneficial links between themp2
  p1You could use the word monad or the phrase monistic whole.p2p1https://duckduckgo.com/?q=monad+defia=definitionp2p1https://www.thefreedictionary.com/monisticp2p1The idea is taken from philosophy, and even though you aren't talking about mind, substances, etc., it might accurately convey what I think you are trying to say.So, you could say something like:p2p1A more accurate view of wildlife and humans is to see them as a monad/monistic whole (choose one) with many interconnected and mutually beneficial links between them.p2
  p1Commensal. It doesn't imply quite such an obligate dependency as symbiosis, and literally means eating at the same table.p2p1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commensalismp2
  p1Symbiotic has a very specific scientific meanings, which you may or may not want. Commensal is more general but not widely used or understood.p2p1A more general word which is used in many contexts is interdependent.p2p1Lots of others to consider:https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/interdependentp2
  p1A more accurate view of wildlife and human life is to see them as one nature (or as having the same nature) with many interconnected and mutually beneficial links between them.p2p1Cambridge says thatp2p1the force that is responsible for physical life is often called nature.p2p1However, I have a problem with the rest of the sentence. Once you state their oneness, it is strange to describe this oneness with connections between them in this way. It is as if you said:p2p1This one nature has many interconnected and mutually beneficial links between them.p2p1I would transform the phrase into a different clause showing cause or reason:p2p1A more accurate view of wildlife and human life is to see them as one nature, having/ as they have many interconnected and mutually beneficial links between them.p2p1A relative sentence would also be an option:p2p1A more accurate view of wildlife and human life is to see them as one nature, within which/wherein they have many interconnected and mutually beneficial links between them.p2
  p1I would use the word monolithicp2
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