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I went to a Gestalt therapist and said that I want to be able to at least tell my muscles that aren't involved that they don't have to go into spasms too.
Dick York

Meaning of "Gestalt" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GESTALT

German: form, from Old High German stellen to shape.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GESTALT

Gestalt  [ɡəˈʃtælt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GESTALT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gestalt is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GESTALT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gestalt

Gestalt is a German word for form or shape. It is used in English to refer to aspects of holism. Gestalt may also refer to...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GESTALT


alt
ælt
asphalt
ˈæsfælt
pissasphalt
ˈpɪsˌæsfælt
shalt
ʃælt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GESTALT

Gervais
Geryon
gesellschaft
gesellschaften
gesneria
gesneriad
gesso
gest
Gesta Romanorum
Gestalt psychology
Gestalt psychotherapy
Gestalten
gestaltism
gestaltist
gestant
Gestapo

WORDS THAT END LIKE GESTALT

acid salt
Anhalt
Balt
basalt
call a halt
cobalt
dalt
dealt
exalt
Galt
halt
kosher salt
malt
pepper-and-salt
salt
sea salt
single malt
spalt
with a grain of salt
with a pinch of salt

Synonyms and antonyms of Gestalt in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Gestalt» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GESTALT

Find out the translation of Gestalt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Gestalt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Gestalt» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

完形
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Gestalt
570 millions of speakers

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Gestalt
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

gestalt
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الجشطالت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Гештальт
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Gestalt
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধাঁচ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gestalt
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gestalt
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gestalt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ゲシュタルト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

게슈탈트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gestalt
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Gestalt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஜெஸ்டாலட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गेस्टॉलट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gestalt
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Gestalt
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Gestalt
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гештальт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Gestalt
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Gestalt
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Gestalt
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Gestalt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Gestalt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Gestalt

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GESTALT»

The term «Gestalt» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.173 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GESTALT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Gestalt

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QUOTES WITH «GESTALT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Gestalt.
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Dick York
I went to a Gestalt therapist and said that I want to be able to at least tell my muscles that aren't involved that they don't have to go into spasms too.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GESTALT»

Discover the use of Gestalt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Gestalt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Principles of Gestalt Psychology
Routledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes originally published between 1910 and 1965.
Kurt Koffka, 1999
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Advanced Psychodiagnostic Interpretation of the Bender ...
The Bender Gestalt Test became prominent when World War II provided an urgent need for personality tests to diagnose huge numbers of American soldiers.
Norman Reichenberg, Alan J. Raphael, 1992
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Gestalt Therapy: A Guide to Contemporary Practice
This book is a practical, professional reference on the practice of Gestalt Therapy (GT) by Philip Brownell, a leading practitioner and scholar in the field.
Dr. Philip Brownell M.Div., Psy.D., 2010
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Gestalt Therapy: The Art of Contact
This book is written mostly for beginners and for psychotherapy clients: it summarizes the central philosophy of this approach and the main techniques for the enrichment of contact.
Serge Ginger, 2007
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Gestalt Therapy: Advances in Theory and Practice
This book is a collaboration of some of the best thinkers in the Gestalt therapy world and offers a high-level summary of recent and future developments in theory, practice and research.
Talia Bar-Yoseph Levine, 2012
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Max Wertheimer and Gestalt Theory
This intellectual biography of Wertheimer is the first book-length treatment of a scholar whose ideas are recognized as of central importance to fields as varied as social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, problem solving, art, and visual ...
D. Brett King, Michael Wertheimer, 2005
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Gestalt therapy: history, theory, and practice
The book is a unique contribution to the field in that it is the first Gestalt textbook specifically designed for the academic and training institute settings.
Ansel L. Woldt, Sarah M. Toman, 2005
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The Handbook of Gestalt Play Therapy: Practical Guidelines ...
'This book sets out a clear theoretical framework for Gestalt Play Therapy, giving examples of questions the therapists might ask the child at certain stages, and offering the whole gamut of play therapy and travelling through the ...
Rinda Blom, 2006
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Gestalt Therapy: Perspectives and Applications
Gestalt therapy, then, is a particular manifestation of this original, ancient approach. In Gestalt Therapy, Peris, Hefferline, and Goodman produced a comprehensive statement of it in terms which were sophisticated and contemporary at the time ...
Edwin C. Nevis, 2014
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Gestalt Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques
As such this book will be essential reading for gestalt trainees, as well as all counsellors and psychotherapists wanting to learn more about the gestalt approach.
Dave Mann, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GESTALT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Gestalt is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dating: Reconsider your list of non-negotiables
While it might be OK to say that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts when talking about Gestalt Theory, it's not really OK when talking ... «The Providence Journal, Jul 15»
2
Five steps for creating a noble purpose group
Next, informed by discovery questions and customer clarity, craft your noble sales purpose, a declarative statement that becomes the gestalt of ... «Bowling Green Daily News, Jul 15»
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Edmonton's poet laureate Pierrette Requier on bilingulalism in her art
So that was kind of the gestalt that I needed. After that, there was not one shameful feeling about the way I speak or the way I express myself. «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
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2016 Porsche Boxster Spyder
Its stout exhaust note, with programmed-in overrun violence, merely adds to the beefcake gestalt. This Spyder is no light-and-lithe arachnid; it's more godly ... «Car and Driver, Jul 15»
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Helen Hayward: How the Gretschmann dairy family rode Tasmania's …
The whole farm had a coherence, a rich ''gestalt'', that Joe absorbed, breathed and yet — as a boy — struggled to grasp. His earliest memory of ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
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5 Steps for Creating a Noble Purpose Organization
... questions and customer clarity, craft your Noble Sales Purpose (NSP), a declarative statement that becomes the gestalt of your organization. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Drawn + Quarterly Comics Enters a New Era
While each D+Q book displays a singular temperament, taken together they form a common sensibility or gestalt. To the often shoddy and ... «The New Republic, Jul 15»
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SDCC: Hasbro announces Transformers: Combiner Wars animated …
The most famous combiner in Transformers lore is Devastator, a gestalt made up of the Decepticon team called Constructicons. They were fan ... «Flickering Myth, Jul 15»
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15 exclusive toys only at San Diego Comic-Con 2015
The big green-and-purple gestalt robot will be coming to toy stores everywhere, but the SDCC-exclusive version is even more ready for ... «Geek, Jul 15»
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3 Principles for High Conversions on Your Website
Adopted from Gestalt's Law of Prägnanz (which translates literally to the Law of Pithiness), the author starts by identifying an underlying ... «Business 2 Community, Jul 15»

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