Eclectic Defined
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Eclectic \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.
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2. Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected; as,
an eclectic method; an eclectic magazine.
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Eclectic \Ec*lec"tic\, n.
One who follows an eclectic method.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
eclectic
adj : selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
n : someone who selects according to the eclectic method [syn: eclecticist]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
126 Moby Thesaurus words for "eclectic":
Cyrenaic, Eleatic, Epicurean, Megarian, Stoic, 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, dappled, derived,
discerning, discriminating, diverse, diversified, elective,
electoral, empirical, 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, 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, syncretic, syncretistic, syncretized,
synthesized, theistic, thrown together, transcendentalist,
transcendentalistic, united, unoriginal, utilitarian, varied,
vitalistic, voluntarist, voluntaristic
