gestalt
noun/ɡəˈʃtælt/UK/ɡəˈʃtɔlt/US
Etymology
Borrowed from German Gestalt (“shape, figure, form”).
Definitions
A collection of physical, biological, psychological or symbolic elements that creates a…
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).
- 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."
- Thus one activity, talking, is understood in terms of another, physical fighting. Structuring our experience in terms of such multidimensional gestalts is what makes our experience coherent.
Alternative letter-case form of gestalt.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for gestalt. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA