Gestalt law of organization

Gestalt law of organization
noun
a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization
Hypernyms: ↑principle, ↑rule
Hyponyms:
Part Holonyms: ↑Gestalt psychology, ↑configurationism

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