eclecticism

[ ih-klek-tuh-siz-uh m ]

/ ɪˈklɛk təˌsɪz əm /

noun

the use or advocacy of an eclectic method.

a tendency in architecture and the decorative arts to mix various historical styles with modern elements with the aim of combining the virtues of many styles or increasing allusive content.

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Origin of eclecticism

First recorded in 1825–35; eclectic + -ism

Words nearby eclecticism

eckhart, eclabium, eclampsia, eclamptogenic, eclectic, eclecticism, eclipse, eclipse period, eclipse plumage, eclipsing binary, eclipsing variable

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Example sentences from the Web for eclecticism

Our reviewer Michael Caines asks if the eclecticism adds up to an adventure.
The Best of Brit Lit|Peter Stothard|October 27, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Eclecticism thus means the application of the psychological method to the history of philosophy.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6|Various
They form merely a literary branch of the positivist school engrafted upon the eclecticism of M. Cousin.
The Heavenly Father|Ernest Naville
Yet it is remarkable that China, at the close of the 19th century, should have again furnished models to Japanese eclecticism.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 2|Various

It finally led the Academy back to Dogmatism, and prepared the way for the Eclecticism with which it disappeared from history.
Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism|Mary Mills Patrick
What is a man but a finer and compacter landscape than the horizon figures,—nature's eclecticism?
Essays, First Series|Ralph Waldo Emerson

British Dictionary definitions for eclecticism

eclecticism

/ (ɪˈklɛktɪˌsɪzəm, ɛˈklɛk-) /

noun

an eclectic system or method

the use or advocacy of such a system

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