eclectic
adjective/ɪˈklektɪk/
/ɪˈklektɪk/
(formal)- 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.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEclectic is used with these nouns:- approach
- bunch
- collection
- …
Word Originlate 17th cent. (as a term in philosophy): from Greek eklektikos, from eklegein ‘pick out’, from ek ‘out’ + legein ‘choose’.Definitions on the go
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