Gestalt Definition

gəzhtält, gəstält; gəzhtôlt, gəstôlt
gestalten, gestalts
noun
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 be considered simply as the sum of these elements.
Webster's New World

A collection of physical, biological, psychological or symbolic elements that creates a whole, unified concept or pattern which is other than the sum of its parts, due to the relationships between the parts (of a character, personality, entity, or being)

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Shape, form.

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Alternative capitalization of gestalt.
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Noun

Singular:
gestalt
Plural:
gestalts

Origin of Gestalt

  • Borrowing from German Gestalt (“shape, figure, form”). The German term can also apply to a geometric or graphical shape, but that is not the case when this word is used in English.

    From Wiktionary

  • German shape from Middle High German from past participle of stellen to place from Old High German stel- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Gestalt Sentence Examples

  • Communication is a gestalt, made up of gesture, tone and the infinite vagaries of the living face.

  • Human communication is a gestalt, made up of gesture, tone and the infinite vagaries of the living face.

  • We are building an ever-growing group gestalt, whose food is a shared information base & an ever-evolving group mythology.

  • For me real film music creates a whole gestalt where the song allows you to enter another universe.

  • They were technically on three route cards but evolved into one amorphous gestalt.

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