Definitions for eclecticism

eclecticism ec·lec·ti·cism

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Eclecticism is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 324 anagrams from letters in eclecticism (ccceeiilmst).

Definitions for eclecticism

noun

  1. the use or advocacy of an eclectic method.
  2. 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.

Origin of eclecticism

First recorded in 1825-35; eclectic + -ism

Examples for eclecticism

We know that this philosophy was specially elaborated by M. Cousin, the father of French eclecticism.

In no other way can we explain either its eclecticism or its supreme importance.

Hydropathy gives him fits, and eclecticism almost, lays him out.

But this is not the sense in which "eclecticism" has been adopted and eulogized by the Parisian School.

Our reviewer Michael Caines asks if the eclecticism adds up to an adventure.

On the contrary, our own gropings, eclecticism, and archaeology are the symptoms of impotence.

The clergy cannot have the authority of inspiration in their pulpits and the ease of eclecticism on the platform and in the press.

He is recognized for the comprehensiveness and eclecticism of his approach.

They have failed, like all the juste-milieux of the world, and are laughed at for their eclecticism.

But many Alsatians did not trust this eclecticism and this liberty.

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