Gestalt

Example Sentences

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Sentiment is consistent with the Muppets gestalt, but not really part of “The Muppet Show.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

The guides, it said, reflect “the whole gestalt of India’s association with sky and space.”

From Science Magazine • Nov. 7, 2023

"Almost no individual element of this was original—beans and greens have been the stuff of dinner since beans and greens began—and yet the gestalt had something to it, something unexpectedly right."

From Salon • Jan. 16, 2023

For Gen X, whose gestalt is built around an aura of disaffected youth, aging may feel unnatural, Pamela Paul says.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2022

Hanson also preceded Kuhn in stressing the importance of gestalt psychology and in laying emphasis on the philosophy of Wittgenstein.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton