(formal) not following one style or set of ideas but choosing from or using a wide variety:
She has very eclectic tastes in literature. * His house is an eclectic mixture of the antique and the modern.
eclectically adverb:
Her work draws eclectically on psychoanalysis and mythology.
eclecticism noun [U]:
Critics praised the originality and eclecticism of her work.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is eclectic a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, eclectic is tagged as adjective.
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