eclectical
eclectical is the alternative form of eclectic.
Meaning of eclectic
Adjective
eclectic (comparative more eclectic, superlative most eclectic)
- Selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles.
- Chunder Sen and the Progressive Brahmists broke entirely with Hinduism...and he selected from the scriptures of all creeds what seemed best in them for instruction and for worship. […] It is an eclectic religion: it seeks to select what is good from all religions, and it has become the latest...1893, John Robson, Hinduism and its Relations to Christianity, pages 211, 214
- Unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous.
- All members of the Hominoidea, apes and man, show an eclectic taste in food but select, from a wide range of possibilities, only a few to provide the bulk of their diet.1983, Peter J. Wilson, Man, the Promising Primate: The Conditions of Human Evolution, page 140
- Synonyms:
- heterogeneous
Forms of eclectical
| comparative | more eclectical |
|---|---|
| superlative | most eclectical |
Questions about eclectical
- What is eclectical the alternative form of?
- Eclectical is the alternative form of eclectic.
Words near eclectical in the dictionary
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