Gestalt

Word GESTALT
Character 7
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ɡəˈʃtælt/

Definitions and meanings of "Gestalt"

What do we mean by gestalt?

A physical, biological, psychological, or symbolic configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that its properties cannot be derived from a simple summation of its parts. noun

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) noun

Shape, form noun

A configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts noun

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)

Shape, form

Synonyms and Antonyms for Gestalt

The word "gestalt" in example sentences

They even psychobabble together: "We achieved what I call gestalt," says Gore. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The gestalt is what you really wanted to transmit, not the specific picture. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The gestalt is just as important as the elements, though. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The question that arises from the evolution of the gestalt is whether something that is not human, is more than human, can be held to the same moral standards as regular humans. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Description: Transcript, 37 pp. Abstract: Ross begins with a discussion of his early involvement with John Ward on the Cape Cod project and his early experimentation in gestalt programming with Air Force and Emerson Electric Company programmers on the 1103 at Eglin Air Force Base. ❋ Unknown (2004)

But — one might coldly ask, with a certain gestalt bent — don’t the miserable survivors at least make better widgets? ❋ Unknown (2006)

In a clear departure from Brentano, Husserl and Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty brings in the idea of gestalt and dares to interrogate the lived-body. ❋ Tusar N Mohapatra (2007)

Showed up on PBS in the U.S., and was a fascinating exploration of the idea of gestalt, i.e., wherein the whole is viewed as more than the sum of its parts. ❋ Steve Perry (2007)

And so the document itself is an expression of the extent to which we're trying to build, what Vice President Gore would call a gestalt -- a situation in which the whole is truly greater than the sum of the parts. ❋ ITY National Archives (1993)

When considered as a 'gestalt', a body of work, do the stories convey the original intention of the editor? ❋ Unknown (2009)

The whole "gestalt" of the academic library has been set up like a church, he said, with various parts of a reading room acting like "the stations of the cross," all leading up to the "altar of the reference desk," where "you make supplication and if you are found worthy, you will be helped." ❋ Unknown (2008)

Each time Luskin quotes someone, you have to ask if the writer in question is a fan of Mayrian “evolutionary systematics”, where you lump specimens into species and genera based on overall similiarity and some kind of gestalt sense of what a “genus” is. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The creative energy this kind of gestalt entity can generate when well motivated and well managed - it's exhilarating. ❋ DAVID BISHOP (2007)

My own take on the whole thing is impressionistic too -- I also happen to think it's a hoax, essentially because it seems to me to have the "gestalt" of a hoax also because Mac thinks it's a hoax and I trust his judgment in these matters :-. ❋ Mac (2007)

Nada -- not the radiosity or whatever, not my "gestalt" impression, and, no, not even Mac's own expert judgment. ❋ Mac (2007)

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