eclectic
Meaning of eclectic
- deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.
universities offering an eclectic mix of courses
her musical tastes are eclectic
- denoting or belonging to a class of ancient philosophers who did not belong to or found any recognized school of thought but selected doctrines from various schools of thought.
noun
a person who derives ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.
late 17th century (as a term in philosophy): from Greek eklektikos, from eklegein ‘pick out’, from ek ‘out’ + legein ‘choose’.
Information about eclectic
- The plural form of eclectic is: eclectics.
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Hyphenation of eclectic
eclec-tic
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- eclectic is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
eclectic synonyms
Meaning eclecticist:
Meaning of great or more than average width:
Meaning covering a large number and wide scope of subjects:
Meaning covering or affecting a large area:
Meaning of large content or scope; wide-ranging:
Meaning comprehensive in terms of information:
Meaning affecting or concerning all or most people or things; widespread:
Meaning relating to or done by all people or things in the world or in a particular group; applicable to all cases:
Meaning incorporating a number of different types or elements; showing variation or variety:
Meaning showing a great deal of variety; very different:
Meaning make or become more diverse or varied:
Meaning including a wide variety of things; all-embracing:
Meaning willing to respect or accept behaviour or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas:
Meaning relating to more than one branch of knowledge:
Meaning combining or involving several academic disciplines or professional specializations in an approach to a topic or problem:
Meaning including all the services or items normally expected or required:
Meaning done at random or without careful judgement:
Meaning having many sides:
Meaning having many varied parts or aspects:
Meaning diverse in character or content:
Meaning (of items or people gathered or considered together) of various types or from different sources:
Meaning of various sorts put together; miscellaneous:
Meaning relating to or involving the selection of the most suitable or best qualified:
Meaning carefully choose as being the best or most suitable:
Meaning pick out (someone or something) as being the best or most appropriate of two or more alternatives:
Meaning having or showing refined taste or good judgement:
Meaning having or showing good judgement:
Meaning expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgements:
eclectic antonyms
Meaning of small width in relation to length:
Meaning inclined to lay down principles as undeniably true:
Translation of eclectic
- Italian: eclettico
- French: éclectique
- German: eklektisch
- Portuguese: eclético
- Spanish: ecléctico, ecléctica
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