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Somewhat off-topic: I'm a native German speaker and I'm really struggling to understand what "Gestalt" is supposed to mean in contemporary English usage. Like,
by conformist 4y ago
Somewhat off-topic:
I'm a native German speaker and I'm really struggling to understand what "Gestalt" is supposed to mean in contemporary English usage.
Like, "Zeitgeist" seems to be used like I would in German (although far more frequently).
What am I missing? Is there some subtle difference in meaning via Yiddish or similar?
- hotpotamus 4y agoIn contemporary American English (the only language I claim to be somewhat familiar with), they mean the exact same thing - I would say a sort of collective, unspoken understanding of a subject. English is kind of a crazy language I think.
- morsch 4y agoGestalt is used in various contexts, like the psychology (especially the psychology of perception). Here's wiktionary: A collection of physical, biological, psychological or symbolic elements that creates a whole, unified concept or pattern which is other than the sum of its parts, due to the relationships between the parts (of a character, personality, entity, or being) quotations It's also used that way in German, aside from its regular meaning: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalt https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalt
- rkachowski 4y agoA holistic view of a situation - an image viewed / unearthed / discovered via composition of various aspects.