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gestalt
adjective [before noun] /ɡəˈʃtælt/
/-ˈʃtɑːlt/ Definition
› considering or treating what a person experiences and believes as a whole and separate thing: In gestalt psychology and gestalt psychotherapy, people's thoughts and emotions are seen as complex wholes.Science of psychology and psychoanalysisMind and personality
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