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  1. common fate, law of common fatenoun

    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

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  1. common fate

    Common fate refers to a principle in psychology, specifically in Gestalt theory, suggesting that humans perceive visual elements that move in the same direction or at the same rhythm as a single, unified group. This principle is widely used in making sense of visual data as well as in visual and graphic design. Moreover, 'common fate' can also refer to the shared destiny of a group of individuals or entities due to their similar characteristics, situations or experiences.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of common fate in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of common fate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of common fate in a Sentence

  1. Plutarch:

    In human life there is constant change of fortune; and it is unreasonable to expect an exemption from the common fate. Life itself decays, and all things are daily changing.

  2. John Philpot Curran:

    It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become prey to the active. The conditions upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime, and the punishment of his guilt.

  3. Longfellow:

    Be still sad heart and cease repining; Behind the clouds the sun is shining, Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life a little rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.

  4. Leonid Brezhnev:

    Whatever else may divide us, Europe is our common home; a common fate has linked us through the centuries, and it continues to link us today.


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