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ge·stalt (gə s̸htält′, -stält′; -s̸htôlt′, -stôlt′)

noun pl. gestalten -·stalt′·en (-'n) or gestalts -·stalts′

in Gestalt psychology, any of the integrated structures or patterns that make up all experience and have specific properties which can neither be derived from the elements of the whole nor considered simply as the sum of these elements

Etymology: Ger, lit., shape, form < MHG pp. of stellen, to arrange, fix

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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