gestalt (redirected from Gestalt theory)

ge·stalt or Ge·stalt  (g-shtält, -shtôlt, -stält, -stôlt)

n. pl. ge·stalts or Ge·stalts or ge·stalt·en or Ge·stalt·en (-shtältn, -shtôltn, -stältn, -stôltn)

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.

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[German, shape, from Middle High German, from past participle of stellen, to place, from Old High German; see stel- in Indo-European roots.]

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Gestalt [gəˈʃtælt]

n pl -stalts, -stalten [-ˈʃtæltən]

(Psychology) (sometimes not capital) a perceptual pattern or structure possessing qualities as a whole that cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts See also Gestalt psychology

[German: form, from Old High German stellen to shape]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gestalt - a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts pattern, form, shape - a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"

Translations

gestalt [gəˈʃtɑːlt]

A. N → gestalt m

B. CPD gestalt psychology N → psicología f gestalt
gestalt therapy N → terapéutica f gestáltica

gestalt [gəˈʃtælt] n → gestalt f

gestalt [gəˈʃtɑːlt] n → gestalt f inv