Eclectic comes from the Greek adjective eklektikos, meaning “picking out, selecting what appears to be best,” which in turn comes from the verb eklegein, meaning “to select.”

ECLECTIC definition: selecting or choosing from various sources. See examples of eclectic used in a sentence.

Methods, beliefs, ideas, etc. that are eclectic combine whatever seem the best or most useful things from many different areas or systems, rather than following a single system:

Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles: an eclectic taste in music; an eclectic approach to managing the economy.

Definition of eclectic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

The English word eclectic first appeared in the seventeenth century to describe philosophers who did not belong to a particular school of thought, but instead assembled their doctrines by …

n. Also, ec•lec•ti•cist (i klek′ tə sist). USA pronunciation a person who follows an eclectic method, as in philosophy or architecture.

An eclectic collection of objects, ideas, or beliefs is wide-ranging and comes from many different sources.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English e‧clec‧tic1 /ɪˈklektɪk/ adjective including a mixture of many different things or people, especially so that you can use the best of all of …

eclectic (adjective) eclectic /ɪ ˈ klɛktɪk/ adjective Britannica Dictionary definition of ECLECTIC [more eclectic; most eclectic] : including things taken from many different sources