not following one style or set of ideas but choosing from or using a wide variety She has very eclectic tastes in literature. His house is an eclectic mixture of the antique and the modern.
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NAmE//ɪˈklɛktɪkli//
adverb Her work draws eclectically on psychoanalysis and mythology. NAmE//ɪˈklɛktəˌsɪzəm//
noun [uncountable] Critics praised the originality and eclecticism of her work.See eclectic in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: eclectic