"eclectic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɛkˈlɛk.tɪk/, /ɪˈklɛk.tɪk/ Audio: en-us-eclectic.ogg , en-au-eclectic.ogg Forms: more eclectic [comparative], most eclectic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛktɪk Etymology: From French éclectique, from Ancient Greek ἐκλεκτικός (eklektikós, “selective”), from ἐκλέγω (eklégō, “I pick, choose”), from ἐκ (ek, “out, from”) + λέγω (légō, “I choose, count”). Cognate to elect. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|éclectique}} French éclectique, {{der|en|grc|ἐκλεκτικός||selective}} Ancient Greek ἐκλεκτικός (eklektikós, “selective”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} eclectic (comparative more eclectic, superlative most eclectic)
  1. Selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles. Translations (selecting a mixture of what appear to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles): eclèctic (Catalan), eklektický (Czech), eklektisk (Danish), eclectisch (Dutch), eklektinen (Finnish), valikoiva (Finnish), éclectique (French), eklektisch (German), vielseitig (German), εκλεκτικός (eklektikós) (Greek), eklektikus (Hungarian), sem velur úr það besta (english: who picks the best) (Icelandic), eclettico (Italian), eclecticus (Latin), еклектичен (eklektičen) (Macedonian), femblagh (Manx), eklektisk (Norwegian Bokmål), eklektisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), eklektyczny (Polish), eclético (Portuguese), eclectic (Romanian), эклектичный (eklektičnyj) (Russian), ecléctico (Spanish)
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  2. Unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous. Synonyms (unrelated and unspecialized): heterogeneous Translations (unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous): eclèctic (Catalan), eklektický (Czech), uiteenlopend (Dutch), monenkirjava (Finnish), monivivahteinen (Finnish), eklektinen (Finnish), hétérogène (French), hétéroclite disparate (French), de bric et de broc (French), heterogen (German), verschiedenartig (German), eclettico (Italian), disparato (Italian), heteroclitico (Italian), eterogeneo (Italian), poliedrico [masculine] (Italian), versatile [masculine] (Italian), eclecticus (Latin), разновиден (raznoviden) (Macedonian), femblagh (Manx), blanding (Norwegian), eclético (Portuguese), eterogen (Romanian), разнородный (raznorodnyj) (Russian), heterogéneo (Spanish), heteróclito (Spanish), disparatado (Spanish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: heterogeneous, eclectick [obsolete] Derived forms: eclectically, eclecticism, eclecticist, eclecticize, eclectic medicine, eclection, noneclectic, uneclectic Related terms: cherry pick, heteroclite, holistic

Noun

IPA: /ɛkˈlɛk.tɪk/, /ɪˈklɛk.tɪk/ Audio: en-us-eclectic.ogg , en-au-eclectic.ogg Forms: eclectics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛktɪk Etymology: From French éclectique, from Ancient Greek ἐκλεκτικός (eklektikós, “selective”), from ἐκλέγω (eklégō, “I pick, choose”), from ἐκ (ek, “out, from”) + λέγω (légō, “I choose, count”). Cognate to elect. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|éclectique}} French éclectique, {{der|en|grc|ἐκλεκτικός||selective}} Ancient Greek ἐκλεκτικός (eklektikós, “selective”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} eclectic (plural eclectics)
  1. Someone who selects according to the eclectic method. Categories (topical): People Translations (one who selects by the eclectic method): eklektik [masculine] (Czech), eklektiker [common-gender] (Danish), eclecticus [masculine] (Dutch), eklektikko (Finnish), Eklektiker [masculine] (German), eclettico (Italian), еклектичар (eklektičar) [masculine] (Macedonian), eclético [masculine] (Portuguese), eclectic [masculine] (Romanian), экле́ктик (ekléktik) [masculine] (Russian), еклектик [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), eklektik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ecléctico (Spanish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: eclectick [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.