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ECLECTICISM

Dictionary entry overview: What does eclecticism mean?

• ECLECTICISM (noun)
The noun ECLECTICISM has 1 sense:

1. making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style

Familiarity information: ECLECTICISM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ECLECTICISM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

eclectic method; eclecticism

Hypernyms ("eclecticism" is a kind of...):

deciding; decision making (the cognitive process of reaching a decision)

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