Eclectic

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eclectic \Ec*lec"tic\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to pick out, choose out:
     cf. F. ['e]clectique. See {Eclogue}, and cf. {Elect}.]
     1. Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in
        doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or
        systems; as, an eclectic philosopher.
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     2. Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected; as,
        an eclectic method; an eclectic magazine.
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     {Eclectic physician}, one of a class of practitioners of
        medicine, who select their modes of practice and medicines
        from all schools; formerly, sometimes the same as botanic
        physician. [U.S.]
  
     {Eclectic school}. (Paint.) See {Bolognese school}, under
        {Bolognese}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eclectic \Ec*lec"tic\, n.
     One who follows an eclectic method.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  eclectic
       adj : selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
       n : someone who selects according to the eclectic method [syn: {eclecticist}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  126 Moby Thesaurus words for "eclectic":
     Cyrenaic, Eleatic, Epicurean, Megarian, Stoic, adoptive,
     amalgamated, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, animist, animistic,
     appointive, assimilated, assorted, atomistic, blended, broad,
     catholic, choosing, choosy, combinative, combinatory, combined,
     complex, composite, compound, compounded, comprehensive,
     conglomerate, conjoint, conjugate, conjunctive, connective,
     consolidated, constituent, cosmotheistic, dappled, derived,
     discerning, discriminating, diverse, diversified, elective,
     electoral, empirical, equivocal, eudaemonistic, existential,
     fastidious, fifty-fifty, finicky, fused, fussy, half-and-half,
     hedonic, hedonist, hedonistic, heterogeneous, humanist, humanistic,
     idealistic, inclusive, incorporated, indiscriminate,
     instrumentalist, integrated, intricate, ironic, joined, joint,
     jumbled, many-sided, materialistic, mechanistic, medley, merged,
     metaphysical, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, monistic, motley,
     multifaceted, multifarious, multiform, multinational, multiracial,
     naturalistic, nominalist, one, panlogistical, pantheistic,
     particular, patchy, picky, pluralistic, positivist, positivistic,
     pragmatic, pragmatist, promiscuous, rationalistic, realist,
     realistic, scholastic, scrambled, select, selecting, selective,
     sensationalistic, syncretic, syncretistic, syncretized,
     synthesized, theistic, thrown together, transcendentalist,
     transcendentalistic, united, unoriginal, utilitarian, varied,
     vitalistic, voluntarist, voluntaristic
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Eclectic, AL (town, FIPS 22816)
    Location: 32.63676 N, 86.03474 W
    Population (1990): 1087 (441 housing units)
    Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 36024

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Eclectic, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama
     Population (2000):    1037
     Housing Units (2000): 459
     Land area (2000):     4.238691 sq. miles (10.978158 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.045591 sq. miles (0.118081 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    4.284282 sq. miles (11.096239 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            22816
     Located within:       Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
     Location:             32.641285 N, 86.038571 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     36024
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Eclectic, AL
      Eclectic