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eclectism

eclectism is the alternative form of eclecticism.

Meaning of eclecticism

Noun

eclecticism (countable and uncountable, plural eclecticisms)

  1. The quality of being eclectic.
    • In those days she had admired his pluralistic openness of mind, and struggled, in her kitchen, towards a parallel eclecticism, learning to cook the dosas and uttapams of South India as well as the soft meatballs of Kashmir.1988, Salman Rushdie, chapter V, in The Satanic Verses, page 255
    1. An approach to thought that draws upon multiple theories.
    2. Any form of art that borrows from multiple other styles.
  2. The selection of diverse witnesses to a text.

Questions about eclectism

What is eclectism the alternative form of?
Eclectism is the alternative form of eclecticism.

Words near eclectism in the dictionary

  1. eclectick
  2. eclecticks
  3. eclectics
  4. eclection
  5. eclections
  6. eclectism
  7. eclectist
  8. eclectists
  9. eclector
  10. eclectors
  11. eclectus

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