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Gestalt psychology

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A school of psychology that emerged in the early twentieth century in Austria and Germany as a theory of perception, that was a rejection of basic principles of Wilhelm Wundt's and Edward Titchener's elementalist and structuralist psychology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

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Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of Gestalt psychology.

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Usage: alt-of, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 3

(psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: configurationism

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Broader terms: scientific theory

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