gestalt(n = noun.cognition) - a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts;
is a kind of form, pattern, shape

gestalt, n. Psychol. an organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts.

Idiom:
gestalt psychology a system maintaining that perceptions, reactions, etc., are gestalts.

Derivative:
gestaltism n. gestaltist n.

Etymology:
G, = form, shape

gestalt law of organization, gestalt principle of organization, gestalt psychology