Associations to the word «Gestalt»

Wiktionary

GESTALT, noun. A collection of physical, biological, psychological or symbolic elements that creates a whole, unified concept or pattern which is other than the sum of its parts, due to the relationships between the parts (of a character, personality, entity, or being)
GESTALT, noun. Shape, form
GESTALT, noun. Alternative letter-case form of gestalt
GESTALT THERAPIES, noun. Plural of gestalt therapy
GESTALT THERAPY, noun. (psychology) An existential and experiential psychotherapy that focuses on the individual's experience in the present moment

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky