Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun law_of_proximity

1 sense of law of proximity

Sense 1
proximity, law of proximity -- (a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit)
       => Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization -- (a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization)