About The Word Eclectic
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Eclectic
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What's The Definition Of Eclectic?
[n] someone who selects according to the eclectic method
[adj] selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas Synonyms | Synonyms for Eclectic: discriminating | eclecticist Related Terms | Find terms related to Eclectic: adoptive | amalgamated | ambiguous | ambivalent | amphibious | animist | animistic | appointive | assimilated | assorted | atomistic | blended | broad | catholic | choosing | choosy | combinative | combinatory | combined | complex | composite | compound | compounded | comprehensive | conglomerate | conjoint | conjugate | conjunctive | connective | consolidated | constituent | cosmotheistic | Cyrenaic | dappled | derived | discerning | discriminating | diverse | diversified | Eleatic | elective | electoral | empirical | Epicurean | equivocal | eudaemonistic | existential | fastidious | fifty-fifty | finicky | fused | fussy | half-and-half | hedonic | hedonist | hedonistic | heterogeneous | humanist | humanistic | idealistic | inclusive | incorporated | indiscriminate | instrumentalist | integrated | intricate | ironic | joined | joint | jumbled | many-sided | materialistic | mechanistic | medley | Megarian | merged | metaphysical | mingled | miscellaneous | mixed | monistic | motley | multifaceted | multifarious | multiform | multinational | multiracial | naturalistic | nominalist | one | panlogistical | pantheistic | particular | patchy | picky | pluralistic | positivist | positivistic | pragmatic | pragmatist | promiscuous | rationalistic | realist | realistic | scholastic | scrambled | select | selecting | selective | sensationalistic | Stoic | syncretic | syncretistic | syncretized | synthesized | theistic | thrown together | transcendentalist | transcendentalistic | united | unoriginal | utilitarian | varied | vitalistic | voluntarist | voluntaristic See Also | philosopher Eclectic In Webster's Dictionary \Ec*lec"tic\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to pick out, choose out:
cf. F. ['e]clectique. See {Eclogue}, and cf. {Elect}.]
1. Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in
doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or
systems; as, an eclectic philosopher.
2. Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected; as,
an eclectic method; an eclectic magazine.
{Eclectic physician}, one of a class of practitioners of
medicine, who select their modes of practice and medicines
from all schools; formerly, sometimes the same as botanic
physician. [U.S.]
{Eclectic school}. (Paint.) See {Bolognese school}, under
{Bolognese}.
\Ec*lec"tic\, n. One who follows an eclectic method. |
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