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: --
She believes that the Catholic faith is more than the sum of its dogmas.
He has built a global operation that is clearly bigger than the sum of its parts.
NIEUWE WOORDEN
European
May 10, 2021
WOORD VAN DE DAG
Shimmer
more/greater/bigger etc. than the sum of its parts