Gestalt

Quick meaning: Gestalt is a noun meaning 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).

Meaning

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).

Example Sentences

So different were our appearances and approaches and general gestalts that we had something of an epic rivalry from '74 through '77.

The clusters of behavioral gestalten... the probability factors... the subtypes of crimes... the constellations of criminal subtypes.

Mary did not approve of the Eleanor gestalt. "I been to Woonsocket S.D., Eleanor McGovern's hometown," she said, "and nobody there? I mean nobody? dresses like that."

Obviously it was related to the entire gestalt of Simon's polyphobia and compensatory counterphobia. The boys used to watch horror movies on late-night television […]

Word Forms

• gestalts
• gestalten

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