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GESTALT (gestalten)
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Irregular inflected form: gestalten
Dictionary entry overview: What does gestalt mean?
• GESTALT (noun)
The noun GESTALT has 1 sense:
1. a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts
Familiarity information: GESTALT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("gestalt" is a kind of...):
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