eclecticism

Definitions

1. The quality of being eclectic.
   countable, uncountable
2. An approach to thought that draws upon multiple theories.
   countable, uncountable
3. Any form of art that borrows from multiple other styles.
   countable, uncountable
4. The selection of diverse witnesses to a text.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“I am concerned that this encouraging but brief period of success will foster the opinion, already widely held, that the monetary pillar is superfluous, and lead⟳ monetary policy analysis back to the kind of muddled eclecticism that brought us the 1970s inflation.”

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