eclecticism

English

Etymology

eclectic +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

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Noun

eclecticism (countable and uncountable, plural eclecticisms)

1. The quality of being eclectic
   • 2006, Robert E. Lucas, in: Panel Discussion: Central Banking: Is Science Replacing Art?, in: European Central Bank (ed.), Monetary Policy: A Journey from Theory to Practice: An ECB Colloquium Held in Honour of Otmar Issing, March 16-17 2006, p. 168

     I am concerned that this encouraging but brief period of success will foster the opinion, already widely held, that the monetary pillar is superfluous, and lead monetary policy analysis back to the kind of muddled eclecticism that brought us the 1970s inflation.

2. (philosophy) An approach to thought that draws upon multiple theories to gain complementary insights into phenomena
3. (art) Any form of art that borrows from multiple other styles

Translations

the quality of being eclectic

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: eclectisch (nl)
• Finnish: eklektisyys
• Portuguese: ecletismo (pt) m
• Spanish: eclecticismo m

philosophy: approach that draws on multiple theories

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: eklekticismus m, eklektismus m
• Finnish: eklektismi
• Macedonian: еклекти́зам m (eklektízam)
• Portuguese: ecletismo (pt) m
• Spanish: eclecticismo m

arts: based on multiple art styles

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 折中主義／折中主义 (zh) (zhézhōng zhǔyì)

• Czech: eklekticismus m, eklektismus m
• Finnish: eklektismi
• German: Eklektizismus (de) m
• Kazakh: эклектизм (éklektizm)
• Portuguese: ecletismo (pt) m
• Spanish: eclecticismo m

Romanian

Etymology

From eclectic +‎ -ism.

Noun

eclecticism n (plural eclecticisme)

1. eclecticism

Declension

Declension of eclecticism

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) eclecticism	eclecticismul	(niște) eclecticisme	eclecticismele
genitive/dative	(unui) eclecticism	eclecticismului	(unor) eclecticisme	eclecticismelor
vocative	eclecticismule		eclecticismelor