gestalt

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative forms

• Gestalt

[edit] Etymology

Borrowed 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.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /gəˈʃtælt/, /gəˈʃtɑːlt/
• (US) IPA: /gəˈʃtɑlt/

[edit] Noun

gestalt (plural gestalts)

1. A collection of physical, biological, psychological or symbolic entities that creates a unified concept, configuration or pattern which is greater than the sum of its parts (of a character, personality, or being)

   This biography is the first one to consider fully the writer's gestalt.

[edit] Derived terms

• gestaltic
• gestalt psychology
• Gestalt therapy

[edit] Translations