gestalt psychology

noun

A school of psychology that emerged in the early twentieth century in Austria and Germany as a theory of perception, that was a rejection of basic principles of Wilhelm Wundt's and Edward Titchener's elementalist and structuralist psychology.

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Meanings

gestalt psychology1

noungestalt psychology (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAlternative letter-case form of Gestalt psychology.

Gestalt psychology2

nounGestalt psychology (uncountable)

alternative gestalt psychology

  1. uncountablehuman sciencesA school of psychology that emerged in the early twentieth century in Austria and Germany as a theory of perception, that was a rejection of basic principles of Wilhelm Wundt's and Edward Titchener's elementalist and structuralist psychology.

    Synonyms: gestaltism

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA school of psychology that emerged in the early twentieth century in Austria and Germany as a theory of perception, that was a rejection of basic principles of Wilhelm Wundt's and Edward Titchener's elementalist and structuralist psychology.

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gestaltism

More synonyms by meaning

noun(psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties

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configurationism
Broader
scientific theory
Also see
configurationism

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Dutch gestaltpsychologie
  • gestaltpsychologieTranslations
Estonian geštaltpsühholoogia
  • geštaltpsühholoogiaTranslations
German Gestaltpsychologie
  • GestaltpsychologieTranslations
Hungarian gestaltpszichológia, alaklélektan
  • gestaltpszichológiaTranslations
  • alaklélektanTranslations
Polish psychologia postaci, gestaltyzm
  • psychologia postaciTranslations
  • gestaltyzmTranslations
  • konfiguracjonizmTranslations
Russian гешта̀льтпсихоло́гия
  • гешта̀льтпсихоло́гия (geštàlʹtpsixológija)Translations
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“gestalt psychology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gestalt%20psychology. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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