Eclectic \Ec*lec"tic\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to pick out, choose out:
cf. F. ['e]clectique. See Eclogue, and cf. Elect.]
1. Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in
doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or
systems; as, an eclectic philosopher.
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2. Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected; as,
an eclectic method; an eclectic magazine.
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Eclectic physician, one of a class of practitioners of
medicine, who select their modes of practice and medicines
from all schools; formerly, sometimes the same as botanic
physician. [U.S.]
Eclectic school. (Paint.) See Bolognese school, under
Bolognese.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Eclectic \Ec*lec"tic\, n.
One who follows an eclectic method.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
eclectic
adj : selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
n : someone who selects according to the eclectic method [syn: eclecticist]
WordNet (r) 2.0
126 Moby Thesaurus words for "eclectic":
Cyrenaic, Eleatic, Epicurean, Megarian, Stoic, adoptive,
amalgamated, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, animist, animistic,
appointive, assimilated, assorted, atomistic, blended, broad,
catholic, choosing, choosy, combinative, combinatory, combined,
complex, composite, compound, compounded, comprehensive,
conglomerate, conjoint, conjugate, conjunctive, connective,
consolidated, constituent, cosmotheistic, dappled, derived,
discerning, discriminating, diverse, diversified, elective,
electoral, empirical, equivocal, eudaemonistic, existential,
fastidious, fifty-fifty, finicky, fused, fussy, half-and-half,
hedonic, hedonist, hedonistic, heterogeneous, humanist, humanistic,
idealistic, inclusive, incorporated, indiscriminate,
instrumentalist, integrated, intricate, ironic, joined, joint,
jumbled, many-sided, materialistic, mechanistic, medley, merged,
metaphysical, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, monistic, motley,
multifaceted, multifarious, multiform, multinational, multiracial,
naturalistic, nominalist, one, panlogistical, pantheistic,
particular, patchy, picky, pluralistic, positivist, positivistic,
pragmatic, pragmatist, promiscuous, rationalistic, realist,
realistic, scholastic, scrambled, select, selecting, selective,
sensationalistic, syncretic, syncretistic, syncretized,
synthesized, theistic, thrown together, transcendentalist,
transcendentalistic, united, unoriginal, utilitarian, varied,
vitalistic, voluntarist, voluntaristic
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Eclectic, AL (town, FIPS 22816)
Location: 32.63676 N, 86.03474 W
Population (1990): 1087 (441 housing units)
Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 36024
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Eclectic, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama
Population (2000): 1037
Housing Units (2000): 459
Land area (2000): 4.238691 sq. miles (10.978158 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.045591 sq. miles (0.118081 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.284282 sq. miles (11.096239 sq. km)
FIPS code: 22816
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 32.641285 N, 86.038571 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 36024
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Eclectic, AL
Eclectic
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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