Eclectic

[ɪ'klektɪk] or [ɪ'klɛktɪk]

Definition

(noun.) someone who selects according to the eclectic method.

(adj.) selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas .

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Definition

(a.) Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic philosopher.

(a.) Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected; as, an eclectic method; an eclectic magazine.

(n.) One who follows an eclectic method.

Editor: Percival

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Selecting, choosing.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Exceptive, selective, broad

ANT:Narrow, prejudiced, petty, partial, intolerant, biased, warped, dogmatic

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Definition

adj. selecting or borrowing: choosing the best out of everything: broad the opposite of exclusive.—n. one who selects opinions from different systems esp. in philosophy.—adv. Eclec′tically.—n. Eclec′ticism the practice of an eclectic: the doctrine of the Eclec′tics a name applied to certain Greek thinkers in the 2d and 1st centuries B.C. later to Leibnitz and Cousin.

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