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gestalt
[ guh-shtahlt, -shtawlt, -stahlt, -stawlt ]
/ gəˈʃtɑlt, -ˈʃtɔlt, -ˈstɑlt, -ˈstɔlt /
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noun, plural ge·stalts, ge·stal·ten [guh-shtahl-tn, -shtawl-, -stahl-, -stawl-]. /gəˈʃtɑl tn, -ˈʃtɔl-, -ˈstɑl-, -ˈstɔl-/. (sometimes initial capital letter)Psychology.
a configuration, pattern, or organized field having specific properties that cannot be derived from the summation of its component parts; a unified whole.
an instance or example of such a unified whole.
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Origin of gestalt
1920–25; <German: figure, form, structure
Words nearby gestalt
gesneriad, gesneria family, Gessen, gesso, gest, gestalt, Gestalt psychology, Gestalt psychotherapy, Gestapo, Gesta Romanorum, gestate
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Gestalt
/ (ɡəˈʃtælt) /
noun plural -stalts or -stalten (-ˈʃtæltən)
(sometimes not capital) a perceptual pattern or structure possessing qualities as a whole that cannot be described merely as a sum of its partsSee also Gestalt psychology
Word Origin for Gestalt
C20: German: form, from Old High German stellen to shape
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