Law of Similarity

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a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit

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4 surface forms

synonym: similarity
plural: Law of Similarities
possessive: Law of Similarity's
pluralpossessive: Law of Similarities'

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