Definition of eclectics Eclectics

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Noun Plural: eclectics
eclectic - someone who selects according to the eclectic method
		eclecticist
		philosopher a specialist in philosophy
Adjective
eclectic - selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
		discriminating showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating eye of the connoisseur"

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eclectic (Noun)
Someone who selects according to the eclectic method.
eclectic (Adjective)
Selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles.
eclectic (Adjective)
Unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous.

eclectic (a.)
Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic philosopher.
eclectic (a.)
Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected; as, an eclectic method; an eclectic magazine.
eclectic (n.)
One who follows an eclectic method.

eclectic
Selecting a mixture of what appear to be best of various doctrines, methods, or styles.

eclectic
ek-lek′tik, adj. selecting or borrowing: choosing the best out of everything: broad, the opposite of exclusive.—n. one who selects opinions from different systems, esp. in philosophy.—adv. Eclec′tically.—n. Eclec′ticism, the practice of an eclectic: the doctrine of the Eclec′tics, a name applied to certain Greek thinkers in the 2d and 1st centuries B.C., later to Leibnitz and Cousin. [Gr. eklektikos—ek, out, legein, to choose.]