HyperDic: law_of_similarity

English > 1 sense of the expression *law of similarity*:
NOUN	cognition	law of similarity, similarity	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

English > *law of similarity*: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
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.
Synonym	similarity
Broader	Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization	A principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization