eclectic
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- adjective
- /ɪˈklɛktɪk/
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ecléctico
- He's built an eclectic body of work over the years.
- an eclectic approach
- an eclectic mix
- eclectic tastes
OK, I have a friend who has an incredibly eclectic taste in books.
- OK, I have a friend who has an incredibly eclectic taste in books.
- It would be this potpourri, this eclectic buffet of various people.
- He's really eclectic in the things that he does.
- He's built an eclectic body of work over the years.
- But I mean, they're not artistic and eclectic enough for the Film Festival crowd.
- And I love the eclectic look, so I like dishes that don't match.
- And all three of those houses, my parents had a very like eclectic style.
- Is it finding their path or some sort of a more eclectic and less deterministic process?
- Ceremonial had a lot of local variation, and it was eclectic.
- I should, I should mention too, that I personally, you know, take kind of an eclectic approach to these matters.
- We bring in outside speakers for some of the talks, and the outside speakers are an eclectic mix.
- Another thing to remember, as an academic skeptic, Cicero feels himself entitled to be eclectic.
- But it allows you to explore a lot of things that are not part of the norm, to discover your unique, eclectic self.
- And on top of that, we have this eclectic sense of family.
Examples
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She has an eclectic taste in music, enjoying everything from classical to hip-hop.
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OK, I have a friend who has an incredibly eclectic taste in books.
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And on top of that, we have this eclectic sense of family.
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And all three of those houses, my parents had a very like eclectic style.
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OK, well, that gives me at least some idea of how eclectic you guys are.
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I mean, you had an incredibly interesting, eclectic childhood raised by two artists.
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Their purchases were very eclectic.
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The group that emerged was an eclectic combination of education and mutual aid within a clinical framework.
Academic text (1995) -
Edward Page had been a voracious and eclectic reader, if his collection of books was any indication.
Fiction book (1997) -
This is a gathering of an eclectic group of craftspeople working across an amazing array of different artistic skills coming together.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Compounds
A way of choosing methods and ideas from different places to use what works best
A set of school books from the 1800s in America used to teach children to read and give moral lessons
How Diverse
Surface Forms
Morphology
eclectic = eclect + ic
The element 'eclect-' is not a productive standalone English word and the adjective is a borrowing, so an average learner cannot reliably derive the meaning from its visible parts.
Etymology
Eclectic comes from the Greek eklektikos, built from ek- 'out' and legein 'to pick'. So an eclectic style or taste 'picks out' things from many places, which is why it mixes different styles and ideas.