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Making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style
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eclecticism
Word definitions for eclecticism in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Eclecticism is a conceptual approach that does not hold rigidly to a single paradigm or set of assumptions, but instead draws upon multiple theories, styles, or ideas to gain complementary insights into a subject, or applies different theories in particular ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style [syn: eclectic method ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The quality of being eclectic 2 (context philosophy English) An approach to thought that draws upon multiple theories to gain complementary insights into phenomena 3 (context arts English) Any form of art that borrows from multiple other styles
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Eclecticism \Ec*lec"ti*cism\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]clecticisme. Cf. Electicism .] Theory or practice of an eclectic.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1798, from eclectic + -ism .
Usage examples of eclecticism.
Homoeopathy has come before our public at a period when the growing spirit of eclecticism has prepared many ingenious and honest minds to listen to all new doctrines with a candor liable to degenerate into weakness.
Sufi eclecticism makes it dangerous to be dogmatic about matters of this kind.
Yet their repudiation of all art was better than the Judas-kiss which Romanism bestows on it, in the meagre eclecticism of the ancient religious schools, and of your modern Overbecks and Pugins.
Stilton, pondering as I savour it the baroque eclecticism of his mythology.
Through their example of boldness, determination, and offbeat eclecticism, other publishers and editors and writers have been moved to galvanize the formerly moribund zine scene.
Homoeopathy has come before our public at a period when the growing spirit of eclecticism has prepared many ingenious and honest minds to listen to all new doctrines with a candor liable to degenerate into weakness.
In those days she had admired his pluralistic openness of mind, and struggled, in her kitchen, towards a parallel eclecticism, learning to cook the dosas and uttapams of South India as well as the soft meatballs of Kashmir.