ge·stalt
[guh-shtahlt, -shtawlt, -stahlt, -stawlt] Show IPA
noun, plural -stalts, -stal·ten [-shtahl-tn, -shtawl-, -stahl-, -stawl-] Show IPA. ( sometimes initial capital letter ) Psychology .
1.
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.
