gestalt

Noun

Meaning

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

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[Lewin formally defines a Gestalt as:] a system whose parts are dynamically connected in such a way that a change of one part results in a change of all other parts. Kurt Lewin

My parents are famously not part of the gestalt of the fashion industry. David Lauren

I went to a Gestalt therapist and said that I want to be able to at least tell my muscles that aren't involved that they don't have to go into spasms too. Dick York

Most of your God concepts deal with a static God, and here is one of your main theological difficulties. The awareness and inner experience of this gestalt constantly changes and grows. There is no static God. When you say, "This is God," then God is already something else. Robert Butts

There is always a point at which the terrorist ceases to manipulate the media gestalt. William Gibson

We must also accept the possibility of Gestalt qualities comprehending complexes of elements of different categories. Christian von Ehrenfels

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