Gestalt

[Merna]

Lets REDEFINE this one, shall we? The accepted English defintion is: A structure, configuration, or pattern of physical, biological, or psychological phenomena so integrated as to constitute a functional unit with properties not derivable by summation of its parts. This is adequate, however, lets also define the word historically as well. It is really a German word, literally meaning form, defined as an organized whole in experience. The Gestalt psychologists, in about 1912, advanced the theory which explains psychological phenomena by their relationships to total forms rather than their parts. Also, this word has become useful for discussing musical terms (or a critique on music, rather) in the post-modern sense. It is the essence, or foreground of any given band (or genre) in discussion.

[Magaret]

n. 1. A system, structure or organism that is indistinguishable from its component parts, and can thus be reconstructed in whole from any of its parts. 2. G~ n. the collective consciousness of humanity or any other intelligent species. ([cf]. [holographic], [holistic]) 3. adj. Self-determinining oranisation without need for a leader or central control (antonym heirarchy)

[Becky]

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[PussyCat]

An organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts.

[Justin Bieber]

something such as a structure or experience that, when considered as a whole, has qualities that are more than the total of all its parts: