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LAW OF SIMILARITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
law of similarity; similarity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("law of similarity" 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)