gestalt

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ge=stalt

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gestalt, n. Psychol. an organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts.

Idiom

gestalt psychology a system maintaining that perceptions, reactions, etc., are gestalts.

Derivative

gestaltism n. gestaltist n.

Etymology

G, = form, shape

THESAURUS

gestalt

alentours, ambience, ambit, angle, aspect, borderlands, circle, circuit, circumambiencies, circumjacencies, circumstances, compass, configuration, context, contour, delineation, effect, eidolon, entourage, environing circumstances, environment, environs, facet, fashion, feature, features, figuration, figure, figure-ground, form, framework, guise, habitat, image, imago, impression, light, likeness, lineaments, lines, look, main features, manner, milieu, neighborhood, outline, outposts, outskirts, pattern, perimeter, periphery, phase, phasis, precincts, profile, purlieus, reference, regard, relief, respect, seeming, semblance, shape, shapes, side, silhouette, simulacrum, situation, skeleton, slant, style, suburbs, surroundings, total effect, total environment, tournure, twist, vicinage, vicinity, view, viewpoint, wise