Definitions for Gestalt

Gestalt ge·stalt

Spelling: [guh-shtahlt, -shtawlt, -stahlt, -
IPA: /gəˈʃtɑlt, -ˈʃtɔlt, -ˈstɑlt, -ˈstɔlt/

Gestalt is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 186 anagrams from letters in Gestalt (aeglstt).

Definitions for Gestalt

noun

  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

1920-25; German: figure, form, structure

Examples for Gestalt

His interest was not in gestalt or fixed form, Bildung or form change.

When he does, his thirst is satisfied, and the gestalt is resolved into a whole that no longer stands in need of completion.

In the example, the man suffering from thirst in the desert has a gestalt that impels him to find water.

Perls transformed the gestalt psychologists' central idea so it would serve as a basis for his approach to psychotherapy.

But on Wednesday, here was the White House to remind you that an MC is more than the gestalt of his lyrics.

Momentarily, the gestalt fails, but the true moment of sight passes.

If his action is successful, his gestalt is closed: the problem is resolved, and the motivation is fulfilled.

Like the gestalt of the psychologists, the closed gestalt of therapy signifies an organized whole.

The cognitive sum total is of a gestalt nature-much higher than the sum of its parts.

The main contribution of gestalt psychology consisted of studies of human perception.

Word Value for Gestalt
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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