GESTALT

'Gestalt' is a German word that can be translated into English in various ways:

★ as shape, form, guise or likeness (e.g., ''in Menschengestalt'': in human form)

★ as figure or as a synonym for person (e.g., ''eine dunkle Gestalt'': a sinister figure)

★ 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.
'Gestalt' may also refer to:

★ Gestalt psychology (or Gestalt theory), a theory of mind and brain, describing the ''Gestalt effect''.

★ Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy, a method of psychotherapy based on Gestalt psychology.

★ Gestalt therapy, a form of psychotherapy built on the experiential ideal of "here and now" and relationships with others and the world.

★ Gestalt (Mac OS), an environment-query function in Mac OS.

★ An anime manga and OVA series: Gestalt (manga).

★ The possibility of Transformers' teams to combine into a bigger robot, see Gestalt (Transformers)