eclectic method

1. 1.

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

   Synonymseclecticism

   Broaderdecision making

Questions about eclectic method

What does eclectic method mean?

eclectic method means "making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style".

What is another word for eclectic method?

Close synonyms include eclecticism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is eclectic method a common word?

eclectic method is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.