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eclectic
Universal Words
adjective
(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.