Gestalt

Example Sentences

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"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

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

From New York Times

Instead, therapists incorporate relational gestalt therapy, which promotes self-awareness and relationship-building between the client and therapist.

From Los Angeles Times

The faces in “Funny Pages” are critical to the film’s gestalt, its philosophy and aesthetic, and offer an astonishment of humanity in all its sweaty, wrinkly, frizzy, rheumy, comb-over, tender glory.

From New York Times

The whole gestalt thwarts a culture of Instagram selfies, something Heizer is especially proud of.

From Seattle Times