Law of Similarity
nounid
84110·updated May 18, 2026verified
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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Variants
- synonym
- similarity
- plural
- Law of Similarities
- possessive
- Law of Similarity's
- pluralpossessive
- Law of Similarities'
Framework definitions
- §1
- 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
- §1 · legacy_primary
- 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 unitDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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