gestalt

A noun referring to an organized whole or pattern that is perceived as more than the sum of its individual parts, often used in psychology and design.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv für eine organisierte Ganzheit oder Struktur, die als mehr wahrgenommen wird als die Summe ihrer Teile; häufig in Psychologie und Design verwendet.

1. Unified whole C1 formal

   A configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts.

   • The psychologist studied the gestalt of the painting, focusing on its overall impact rather than individual brushstrokes.
   • In design, the gestalt principle suggests that the human eye sees objects in their entirety before perceiving their individual parts.
   • The team's success was a gestalt, resulting from the synergy of each member's contribution.

   🇩🇪Ganzheitliche Gestalt

   Synonyme: configurationentityformpatternstructuresynthesistotalityunitywholewholeness

   Antonyme: aggregatecomponentelementfragmentpartpiece

• gestalten plural form
• gestalts plural form
• gestalten's possessive plural form
• gestalts' possessive plural form
• gestalt's possessive singular form