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[guh-shtahlt, -shtawlt, -stahlt, -stawlt] /gəˈʃtɑlt, -ˈʃtɔlt, -ˈstɑlt, -ˈstɔlt/ Spell
Word Origin noun, plural gestalts, gestalten [guh-shtahl-tn, -shtawl-, -stahl-, -stawl-] /gəˈʃtɑl tn, -ˈʃtɔl-, -ˈstɑl-, -ˈstɔl-/ (Show IPA). (sometimes initial capital letter) Psychology. 1.
a configuration, pattern, or organized field having specific properties that cannot be derived from the summation of its component parts; a unified whole. 2.
an instance or example of such a unified whole. Origin of gestalt Expand
1920-25; < German: figure, form, structure Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2016.
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Was kmmern mich gestalten, deren matten Lichtglanz ich selbst hervorgebracht? Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature, Vol. II (of 6): The Romantic School in Germany
Georg Brandes British Dictionary definitions for gestalten Expand
/ɡəˈʃtælt/ noun (pl) -stalts, -stalten (-ˈʃtæltən) 1.
(sometimes not capital) a perceptual pattern or structure possessing qualities as a whole that cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts See also Gestalt psychology Word Origin C20: German: form, from Old High German stellen to shape Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollinsPublishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for gestalten Expand
1922, from German Gestaltqualität (1890, introduced by German philosopher Christian von Ehrenfels, 1859-1932), from German gestalt "shape, form, figure, configuration, appearance," abstracted from ungestalt "deformity," noun use of adj. ungestalt "misshapen," from gestalt, obsolete past participle of stellen "to place, arrange" (see stall (n.1)). As a school of psychology, it was founded c.1912 by M Wertheimer, K. Koffka, W. Köhler.
gestalten in Medicine Expand
gestalt ge·stalt or Ge·stalt (gə-shtält', -shtôlt', -stält', -stôlt')n. pl. ge·stalts or ge·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. Also called gestalt phenomenon. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical DictionaryCopyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Gestalten | Define Gestalten at Dictionary.com
[guh-shtahlt, -shtawlt, -stahlt, -stawlt] /gəˈʃtɑlt, -ˈʃtɔlt, -ˈstɑlt, -ˈstɔlt/ Spell
Word Origin noun, plural gestalts, gestalten [guh-shtahl-tn, -shtawl-, -stahl-, -stawl-] /gəˈʃtɑl tn, -ˈʃtɔl-, -ˈstɑl-, -ˈstɔl-/ (Show IPA). (sometimes initial capital letter) Psychology. 1.
a configuration, pattern, or organized field having specific properties that cannot be derived from the summation of its component parts; a unified whole. 2.
an instance or example of such a unified whole. Origin of gestalt Expand
1920-25; < German: figure, form, structure Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2016.
Examples from the Web for gestalten
Was kmmern mich gestalten, deren matten Lichtglanz ich selbst hervorgebracht? Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature, Vol. II (of 6): The Romantic School in Germany
Georg Brandes British Dictionary definitions for gestalten Expand
/ɡəˈʃtælt/ noun (pl) -stalts, -stalten (-ˈʃtæltən) 1.
(sometimes not capital) a perceptual pattern or structure possessing qualities as a whole that cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts See also Gestalt psychology Word Origin C20: German: form, from Old High German stellen to shape Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unab
ridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollinsPublishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for gestalten Expand
1922, from German Gestaltqualität (1890, introduced by German philosopher Christian von Ehrenfels, 1859-1932), from German gestalt "shape, form, figure, configuration, appearance," abstracted from ungestalt "deformity," noun use of adj. ungestalt "misshapen," from gestalt, obsolete past participle of stellen "to place, arrange" (see stall (n.1)). As a school of psychology, it was founded c.1912 by M Wertheimer, K. Koffka, W. Köhler.
gestalten in Medicine Expand
gestalt ge·stalt or Ge·stalt (gə-shtält', -shtôlt', -stält', -stôlt')n. pl. ge·stalts or ge·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. Also called gestalt phenomenon. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical DictionaryCopyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Difficulty index for gestalt
Word Value for gestalten
Nearby words for gestalten
gerzean
gesell-developmental-schedules
gesneria-family