COMMON FATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common fate mean? 

• COMMON FATE (noun)
  The noun COMMON FATE has 1 sense:

1. a Gestalt principle of organization holding that aspects of perceptual field that move or function in a similar manner will be perceived as a unit

  Familiarity information: COMMON FATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMON FATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Gestalt principle of organization holding that aspects of perceptual field that move or function in a similar manner will be perceived as a unit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

common fate; law of common fate

Hypernyms ("common fate" is a kind of...):

Gestalt law of organization; Gestalt principle of organization (a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization)