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Gestalt

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Noun

1. gestalt

a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gestalt

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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 parts

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Gestalt

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nounWord forms: plural geˈstalten (gəˈʃtɑltən ; gəshtältˈ'n; gəˈstɑltən ; gəstältˈ'n; gəˈʃtɔltən ; gəshtôltˈ'n; gəˈstɔltən ; gəstôltˈ'n) or geˈstalts
[also G-]
in Gestalt psychology, any of the integrated structures or patterns that make up all experience and have specific properties which can neither be derived from the elements of the whole nor considered simply as the sum of these elements

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gestalt

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n. pl. ge·stalts or ge·stalt·en (-shtältn, -shtôltn, -stältn, -stôltn) or Ge·stalts or Ge·stalt·en
A physical, biological, psychological, or symbolic configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that its properties cannot be derived from a simple summation of its parts.

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