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or Ge·stalt (gə-shtält', -shtôlt', -stält', -stôlt') pronunciation
n., pl., -stalts, or -stalts, or -stalt·en, or -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.

[German, shape, from Middle High German, from past participle of stellen, to place, from Old High German.]


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For a list of words related to gestalt, see:
  • Schools and Doctrines - gestalt: school of psychology that asserts that perceptual experience is a configuration or pattern in which the whole is more than the sum of its parts
  • Mental States, Processes, and Behavior - gestalt: unified whole, esp. the psyche, having properties that cannot be derived from the sum of its parts
  • Graphic Design - gestalt: entire configuration of visual elements, having properties not ascribable to its component parts


Die Gestalt is a German word for form or shape. It is used in English to refer to a concept of 'wholeness'. Gestalt may also refer to:


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - gestalt

Nederlands (Dutch)
gestalt (psychologie)

Français (French)
n. - gestalt

Deutsch (German)
n. - funktionelle Einheit mit eigenen Eigenschaften

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φιλοσ.) τύπος, πρότυπη μορφή, (ψυχολ.) μορφή

Italiano (Italian)
gestalt

Português (Portuguese)
n. - gestalt (f) (Psicol.)

Русский (Russian)
гештальт, целостная форма,понимаемая не как простая совокупность вещей

Español (Spanish)
n. - estructuralismo, gestalt

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gestaltpsykologi

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
完形, 格式塔

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 完形, 格式塔

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (경험의 통일적 전체) 게슈탈트

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 形態, ゲシュタルト

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الجستالت, التكونيه, نظريه التكوين الكلي (علم نفس)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שלמות מאורגנת הנתפסת כיותר מסכום חלקיה (פסיכולוגיה), תבנית שלמה‬


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Köhler, Wolfgang (Estonian-born German psychologist)
Gestaltist (adherent or a practitioner)
Bunch, Charlotte (Quotes By)