gestalt
noun [C usually singular] /ɡəˈʃtælt/
/-ˈʃtɑːlt/ specializedDefinition
› something such as a structure or experience that, when considered as a whole, has qualities that are more than the total of all its parts: This new biography is the first to consider fully the writer's gestalt.Science of psychology and psychoanalysisMind and personality
(Definition of gestalt noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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