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

1 sense of law of similarity

Sense 1
similarity, law of 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)
       => Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization -- (a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization)