Dictionary Definition
eclectic adj : selecting what seems best of
various styles or ideas n : someone who selects according to the
eclectic method [syn: eclecticist]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /ɪˈklɛktɪk/, /I"klEktIk/
Adjective
Translations
Unrelated and unspecialized
- Finnish: monenkirjava, monivivahteinen, eklektinen
Selecting a mixture of what appear to be best of
various doctrines, methods, or styles
- ttbc Czech: eklektický
- ttbc Dutch: eclectisch, eclectische
- ttbc French: éclectique
- ttbc Italian: eclettico
- ttbc Latin: eclecticus
- ttbc Spanish: ecléctico
- ttbc Swedish: eklektisk , eklektiskt
- ttbc Vietnamese: chiết trung
- ttbc Serbian: eklektik
See also
Noun
- Someone who selects according to the eclectic method.
Translations
one who selects by the eclectic method
- Dutch: eclecticus
- Finnish: eklektikko
- Italian: eclettico
Extensive Definition
eclectic may refer to:
- Eclecticism, philosophical movement, artistic movement, etc.
- Eclectic Medicine, a combination of herbalism, physical therapies and other substances from in the 19th century
- For Eclectic Psychotherapy see Integrative Psychotherapy
- Eclectic Magazine, a periodical published for more than a century in New York City
- Eclectic Society (Christian) (1), English missionary and anti-slavery society, founded in London in 1783
- Eclectic Society (Fraternity) (2), American college fraternity, Phi Nu Theta, founded at Wesleyan University in 1838.
- Eclectic (car), a solar and wind powered car
- Eclectic, Alabama, a town
- Morning Becomes Eclectic, radio program, based in Santa Monica, CA
- Sounds Eclectic, radio program
- Eclectic-Music.com Website
- Eclectic-method, UK based band
- Eclectic Shorthand, or cross shorthand, an English shorthand system of the 19th century
- Eclectic Mouse, A Rock group from the late 60's
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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