Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Gestalt (noun)
gestalt [guh-shtahlt, -shtawlt, -stahlt, -stawlt]noun (sometimes initial capital letter), plural gestalts, gestalten1. 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.
Related Wordscomposition, contour, shape, structure
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.comOrigin: 1920–25; < German: figure, form, structure
Example SentencesOr, as in “Stranger Things” and “Weapons,” the gestalt entity may be ruled by one being devoted to conquest and control.
From SalonAnd if you take things out, you’re losing the power of the gestalt, essentially, of the larger gesture that they made.
From Los Angeles TimesOn the title track, listeners are greeted with glitchy vocal samples before Joachim puts new elements into the gestalt, and quickly.
From New York TimesThe two- or three-word tags, meant to convey the gestalt of a show or movie, regularly help viewers choose a show from the service’s nearly endless library, the company says.
From New York TimesThe guides, it said, reflect “the whole gestalt of India’s association with sky and space.”
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