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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). [simplified] An organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Alternative letter-case form of gestalt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: form, shape, pattern
Borrowed from German Gestalt (“shape, figure, form”).
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
格式塔
(géshìtǎ)
— collection of entities that creates a unified concept
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Danish:
gestalt
— collection of entities that creates a unified concept
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Finnish:
olemus
— collection of entities that creates a unified concept
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French:
profil
— collection of entities that creates a unified concept
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French:
gestalt
— collection of entities that creates a unified concept
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German:
Gestalt
— collection of entities that creates a unified concept
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Indonesian:
gestalt
— collection of entities that creates a unified concept
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Japanese:
ゲシュタルト
(geshutaruto)
— collection of entities that creates a unified concept
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Norwegian:
gestalt
— collection of entities that creates a unified concept
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Polish:
postać
— collection of entities that creates a unified concept
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Russian:
гешта́льт
(geštálʹt)
— collection of entities that creates a unified concept
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Swedish:
gestalt
— collection of entities that creates a unified concept
