0 used to say that a particular thing, when considered as a whole, is more important, better, etc. than you would expect from looking at the individual parts that make it up:
He has built a global operation that is clearly bigger than the sum of its parts.
She believes that the Catholic faith is more than the sum of its dogmas.
NIEUWE WOORDEN
European
May 10, 2021
WOORD VAN DE DAG
Shimmer
more/greater/bigger etc. than the sum of its parts