The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. A physical, biological, psychological, or symbolic configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that its properties cannot be derived from a simple summation of its parts.
n. A collection of physical, biological, psychological or symbolic entities that creates a unified concept, configuration or pattern which is greater than the sum of its parts (of a character, personality, or being)
n. shape, form
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n. a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts
Word Usage
"They even psychobabble together: "We achieved what I call gestalt," says Gore."