ゲシュタルト

noun

gestalt

A technical term from psychology referring to a unified whole or configuration that is more than the sum of its parts. Used in phrases like ゲシュタルト心理学 (Gestalt psychology).

from German

• ゲシュタルト心しん理り学がくでは、全ぜん体たいは部ぶ分ぶんの総そう和わ以い上じょうのものだと考かんがえる。

  In Gestalt psychology, the whole is considered to be more than the sum of its parts.