"eclecticism" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eclecticism.wav Forms: eclecticisms [plural]
Etymology: From eclectic + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|eclectic|ism}} eclectic + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} eclecticism (countable and uncountable, plural eclecticisms)
  1. The quality of being eclectic Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the quality of being eclectic): eclectisch (Dutch), eklektisyys (Finnish), ecletismo [masculine] (Portuguese), eclecticismo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-eclecticism-en-noun-5Emi2pZe Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 41 41 18 Disambiguation of 'the quality of being eclectic': 99 1 0
  2. (philosophy) An approach to thought that draws upon multiple theories to gain complementary insights into phenomena Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy Translations (philosophy: approach that draws on multiple theories): eklekticismus [masculine] (Czech), eklektismus [masculine] (Czech), eklektismi (Finnish), еклекти́зам (eklektízam) [masculine] (Macedonian), ecletismo [masculine] (Portuguese), eclecticismo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-eclecticism-en-noun-3Yc97p~C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 60 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 26 53 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 62 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 64 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 66 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 34 47 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 20 57 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 32 49 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 52 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 33 47 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 33 47 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 41 41 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 32 48 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 64 19 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'philosophy: approach that draws on multiple theories': 10 76 14
  3. (art) Any form of art that borrows from multiple other styles Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Art Translations (arts: based on multiple art styles): 折中主義 /折中主义 (zhézhōng zhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), eklekticismus [masculine] (Czech), eklektismus [masculine] (Czech), eklektismi (Finnish), Eklektizismus [masculine] (German), эклектизм (éklektizm) (Kazakh), ecletismo [masculine] (Portuguese), eclecticismo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-eclecticism-en-noun-XMaRXG6~ Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 41 41 18 Topics: art, arts Disambiguation of 'arts: based on multiple art styles': 12 34 53

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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.