eclecticism

1. 1.

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

   Synonymseclectic method

   Broaderdecision making

Other forms of eclecticism

plural

eclecticisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about eclecticism

What does eclecticism mean?

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

How many syllables are in eclecticism?

eclecticism has 4 syllables: e-clec-ti-cism. The stress falls on "clec".

What is another word for eclecticism?

Close synonyms include eclectic method. 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 eclecticism a common word?

eclecticism 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.