GESTALT meaning: Whole greater than sum parts

We found 36 dictionaries that define the word gestalt:

General (22 matching dictionaries)

gestalt: Merriam-Webster.com
Gestalt, gestalt: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
gestalt: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Gestalt: Collins English Dictionary
gestalt: Vocabulary.com
Gestalt, gestalt: Wordnik
gestalt: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Gestalt, gestalt: Wiktionary
gestalt: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
gestalt: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
gestalt: Infoplease Dictionary
gestalt: Dictionary.com
Gestalt: Online Etymology Dictionary
Gestalt (Mac OS), Gestalt (manga), Gestalt (music), Gestalt: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
gestalt: Rhymezone
Gestalt (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
gestalt: Free Dictionary
gestalt: Mnemonic Dictionary
gestalt: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
gestalt: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (2 matching dictionaries)

Gestalt, gestalt: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
Gestalt: Art Glossary: Terminology for artists

Business (3 matching dictionaries)

Gestalt: Management Methods, Models, and Theories
Gestalt: Management Dictionary
BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)

Gestalt: Cybernetics and Systems
gestalt: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)

Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
online medical dictionary (No longer online)
Gestalt: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)
gestalt: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

gestalt: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  A collection of physical, biological, psychological or symbolic elements that creates a whole, unified concept or pattern which is other than the sum of its parts, due to the relationships between the parts (of a character, personality, entity, or being)
▸ noun:  Shape, form.
▸ noun:  Alternative letter-case form of gestalt [A collection of physical, biological, psychological or symbolic elements that creates a whole, unified concept or pattern which is other than the sum of its parts, due to the relationships between the parts (of a character, personality, entity, or being)]

Opposite:

reductionism, atomism, analysis

Types:

Phrases:

Gestalt psychology, gestalt therapy, gestalt theory, gestalt psychologists, gestalt perception, more...

Adjectives:

good, new, total, whole, overall, visual, single, perceptual, entire, cultural, complex

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