Antonyms for gestalts

Grammar : Noun

Spell : guh-shtahlt, -shtawlt, -stahlt, -stawlt

Phonetic Transcription : gəˈʃtɑlt, -ˈʃtɔlt, -ˈstɑlt, -ˈstɔlt

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Definition of gestalts

Origin :

• 1922, from German Gestaltqualität (1890, introduced by German philosopher Christian von Ehrenfels, 1859-1932), from German gestalt "shape, form, figure, configuration, appearance," abstracted from ungestalt "deformity," noun use of adj. ungestalt "misshapen," from gestalt, obsolete past participle of stellen "to place, arrange" (see stall (n.1)). As a school of psychology, it was founded c.1912 by M Wertheimer, K. Koffka, W. Köhler.

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Synonyms for gestalts