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noun, plural ge·stalts, ge·stal·ten 
[guh-shtahl-tn, -shtawl-, -stahl-, -stawl-] . (sometimes initial capital letter) Psychology.
[guh-shtahl-tn, -shtawl-, -stahl-, -stawl-] . (sometimes initial capital letter) Psychology. 
tn1.
a configuration, pattern, or organized field having specific properties that cannot be derived from the summation of its component parts; a unified whole.
2.
an instance or example of such a unified whole.
Origin:
1920–25; < German: figure, form, structure
1920–25; < German: figure, form, structure
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Gestalt (ɡəˈʃtælt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -stalts, -stalten | |
| (sometimes not capital) See also Gestalt psychology a perceptual pattern or structure possessing qualities as a whole that cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts | |
| [C20: German: form, from Old High German stellen to shape] | |
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Gestalts
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Word Origin & History
Gestalt
1922, from Ger. Gestaltqualität (1890, introduced by Ger. philosopher Christian von Ehrenfels, 1859-1932), from M.H.G. gestalt "form, configuration, appearance," abstracted from ungestalt "deformity," noun use of adj. ungestalt "misshapen," from gestalt, obsolete pp. of stellen "to place, arrange."
As a school of psychology, it was founded c.1912.
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gestalt ge·stalt or Ge·stalt (gə-shtält', -shtôlt', -stält', -stôlt')
n. pl. ge·stalts or ge·stalt·en (-shtält'n, -shtôlt'n, -stält'n, -stôlt'n)
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. Also called gestalt phenomenon.
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