in psychology, a whole that is considered greater than its individual parts, for example all of someone’s thoughts and experiences considered as a unit
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gestalt
noun countable
US /ɡəˈʃtɑlt/
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Gestalt psychologynoun
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gestalt
plural
gestalts
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in psychology, a whole that is considered greater than its individual parts, for example all of someone’s thoughts and experiences considered as a unit