eclecticism
Americannoun
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the use or advocacy of an eclectic method.
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a tendency in architecture and the decorative arts to mix various historical styles with modern elements with the aim of combining the virtues of many styles or increasing allusive content.
Etymology
Origin of eclecticism
Example Sentences
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What set “Mothership Connection” apart was its humor, imagination and eclecticism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
With a pioneering sense of eclecticism, he connected the dots between John Cage and James Brown, between Mahler and MTT’s famous grandfather, Boris Thomashefsky, a star of the New York Yiddish theater.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2025
Informed by the sounds he heard from James Brown, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, it was indicative of the eclecticism throughout his career.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2023
"As a novice, I liked the idea of eclecticism and variety, and having freedom in the overall structure," he says.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2023
The city of philosophy and eclecticism par excellence received him with open arms as an old friend.
From Apollonius of Tyana, the Philosopher-Reformer of the First Century A.D. by Mead, George Robert Stowe
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