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  • noun Alternative capitalization of gestalt

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Examples

  • Gestalt is a German word for form and shape and here refers to the human mind's ability to visually organize forms and shapes into a unified whole.

    Resonance Partnership Blog mariannerichmond 2010

  • Would have thought 100 years of usage makes it just as "worthy" of inclusion as the German word Gestalt

    Provocative Birding Jargon John L. Trapp 2006

  • We formed what we referred to as the Gestalt, an unbreakable fellowship with the goal of reaching the end by whatever means necessary.

    SF0 2008

  • Gestalt (a German word meaning “form”) also refers to any structure or pattern in which the whole has properties different from those of its parts; for example, the beauty of a musical melody does not depend on individual notes as such, but rather on the whole continuous tune.

    gestalt psychology 2002

  • The answers may be found in German Gestalt psychology.

    timesunion.com: Local Breaking News 2010

  • She tells us about this psychologist named Fritz Peris who invented this bizarre technique for interpreting dreams, way back in the sixties, called Gestalt Therapy.

    One of Those Hideous Books Where The Mother Dies Sonya Sones 2008

  • She tells us about this psychologist named Fritz Peris who invented this bizarre technique for interpreting dreams, way back in the sixties, called Gestalt Therapy.

    One of Those Hideous Books Where The Mother Dies Sonya Sones 2008

  • The holistic nature of perception has been the central tenet of a movement in psychology called the Gestalt movement.

    MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

  • The holistic nature of perception has been the central tenet of a movement in psychology called the Gestalt movement.

    MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

  • The holistic nature of perception has been the central tenet of a movement in psychology called the Gestalt movement.

    MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

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