common fate

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common fate - a Gestalt principle of organization holding that aspects of perceptual field that move or function in a similar manner will be perceived as a unit

law of common fate

Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization - a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization

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Gestalt law of organization
Gestalt principle of organization

law of common fate

Amind the throng of a London street we distinguish a man, now waxing elderly, with few characteristics to attract careless observers, yet bearing, in his whole aspect, the handwriting of no common fate, for such as have the skill to read it.

From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

Is not the kindred of a common fate a closer tie than that of birth?

The Great Carbuncle by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

It needed, in particular, a constant repetition of a phrase to the effect that he shared the common fate, found it best of all, and wished for no other; and by repeating such phrases he acquired punctuality and habits of work, and could very plausibly demonstrate that to be a clerk in a solicitor's office was the best of all possible lives, and that other ambitions were vain.

Night and Day by Woolf, Virginia View in context

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