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Grammar : Adj
Spell : ih-klek-tik
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈklɛk tɪk


Definition of eclectic

Origin :
  • 1680s, originally in reference to a group of ancient philosophers who selected doctrines from every system; from French eclectique (1650s), from Greek eklektikos "selective," literally "picking out," from eklektos "selected," from eklegein "pick out, select," from ek "out" (see ex-) + legein "gather, choose" (see lecture (n.)). Broader sense of "borrowed from diverse sources" is first recorded 1847. As a noun from 1817.
  • adj comprehensive, general
Example sentences :
  • Philosophy had become extravagant, eclectic, abstract, devoid of any real content.
  • Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato
  • There are courses that are foundational and that must therefore be governed by an eclectic aim.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • We've had all the doctors, eclectic an' herb besides, an' they don't give her no hope.
  • Extract from : « Country Neighbors » by Alice Brown
  • The crowd of onlookers was as odd, and eclectic, and keen, as can possibly be imagined.
  • Extract from : « Fantmas » by Pierre Souvestre
  • With respect to "highness" and "lowness," my ideas are only eclectic and not very clear.
  • Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin » by Charles Darwin
  • The number of eclectic students was stationary at the two periods.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 » by Various
  • The eclectic philosophy is most flourishing among you Christians.
  • Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor
  • Cicero is an eclectic, with a leaning to the New Academy: Tusc.
  • Extract from : « The Student's Companion to Latin Authors » by George Middleton
  • Another of the exiles was the eclectic philosopher Simplicius, "the most acute and judicious of the interpreters of Aristotle."
  • Extract from : « The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 7. (of 7): The Sassanian or New Persian Empire » by George Rawlinson
  • Only the avowed sceptic or the recognized eccentric can be an eclectic.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 4 » by Various

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