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==English==
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===Alternative forms===
* {{l|en|eclectick}} {{qualifier|obsolete}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|en|fr|éclectique}}, from {{der|en|grc|ἐκλεκτικός||selective}}, from {{m|grc|ἐκλέγω||I pick, choose}}, from {{m|grc|ἐκ||out, from}} + {{m|grc|λέγω||I choose, count}}.

Cognate to {{m|en|elect}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ɛkˈlɛk.tɪk/|/ɪˈklɛk.tɪk/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-eclectic.ogg|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|en-au-eclectic.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɛktɪk|s=3}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# Selecting a [[mixture]] of what appears to be [[best]] of [[various]] [[doctrines]], [[methods]] or [[styles]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1893|author=John Robson|title=Hinduism and its Relations to Christianity|pages=211, 214
|passage=Chunder Sen and the Progressive Brahmists broke entirely with Hinduism...and he selected from the scriptures of all creeds what seemed best in them for instruction and for worship. {{...}} It is an '''eclectic''' religion: it seeks to select what is good from all religions, and it has become the latest evidence that no '''eclectic''' religion can ever influence large numbers of men.}}
#* {{quote-web|1=en|date=August 2, 2017|author=Seth Rogovoy|work=Don Byron and Friends to Explore Early Soul Music at Helsinki Hudson|url=https://rogovoyreport.com/2017/08/02/don-byron-soul-music-helsinki-hudson/|text=Though rooted in jazz, {{w|Don Byron|Byron}}'s music is [[stylistically]] '''eclectic'''.}}
# [[unrelated|Unrelated]] and [[unspecialized]]; [[heterogeneous]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1983|author=Peter J. Wilson|title=Man, the Promising Primate: The Conditions of Human Evolution|page=140|passage=All members of the Hominoidea, apes and man, show an '''eclectic''' taste in food but select, from a wide range of possibilities, only a few to provide the bulk of their diet.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2006|author=W. Frederick Zimmerman|title=Should Barack Obama Be President?|page=153|passage=Colvin said Obama has an '''eclectic''' taste in music, listening to everything from Indonesian flute music to OutKast to Motown.}}
#* {{quote-av|en|author=Drachinifel|title=The Battle of Lissa - Special|date=26 September 2018|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqWD9X-QKRE|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230809072901/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqWD9X-QKRE|archivedate=9 August 2023|accessdate=29 August 2023|time=2:30|text=The Austrians concentrated their entire armored formation into the 1st Division; the 2nd Division consisted solely of the wooden ship of the line ''Kaiser'', looking incredibly out of place in a battle of ironclads, along with five frigates; and the 3rd Division had an '''eclectic''' collection of smaller gunboats and armed merchantmen.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|unrelated and unspecialized}} {{l|en|heterogeneous}}; see also [[Thesaurus:heterogeneous]]

====Antonyms====
* {{antsense|selecting a mixture of doctrines}} {{l|en|exclusive}}, {{l|en|homogeneous}}, {{l|en|orthodox}}, {{l|en|standard}}, {{l|en|uniform}}; see also [[Thesaurus:homogeneous]]

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|eclecticist|eclecticize|eclection|noneclectic|uneclectic
|eclectically|eclecticism|eclectic medicine}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|selecting a mixture of what appear to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|eclèctic}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|eklektický}}
* Danish: {{t|da|eklektisk}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|eclectisch}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|eklektinen}}, {{t+|fi|valikoiva}}
* French: {{t+|fr|éclectique}}
* German: {{t+|de|eklektisch}}, {{t+|de|vielseitig}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|εκλεκτικός}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|eklektikus}}
* Icelandic: {{q|who picks the best}} {{t+|is|velja|alt=sem velur úr það besta}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|eclettico}}
* Latin: {{t|la|eclecticus}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|еклектичен}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|femblagh}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|eklektisk}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|eklektisk}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|eklektyczny}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|eclético}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|eclectic}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|эклектичный}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|ecléctico}}
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{{trans-top|unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|eclèctic}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|eklektický}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|uiteenlopend}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|monenkirjava}}, {{t|fi|monivivahteinen}}, {{t+|fi|eklektinen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|hétérogène}}, {{t+|fr|hétéroclite}} {{t+|fr|disparate}}, {{t+|fr|de bric et de broc}}
* German: {{t+|de|heterogen}}, {{t+|de|verschiedenartig}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|eclettico}}, {{t+|it|disparato}}, {{t|it|heteroclitico}}, {{t+|it|eterogeneo}}, {{t+|it|poliedrico|m}}, {{t+|it|versatile|m}}
* Latin: {{t|la|eclecticus}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|разновиден}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|femblagh}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|blanding}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|eclético}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|eterogen}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|разнородный}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|heterogéneo}}, {{t+|es|heteróclito}}, {{t+|es|disparatado}}
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* Swedish: {{t+check|sv|eklektisk|c}}, {{t+check|sv|eklektiskt|n}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+check|vi|chiết trung}}
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====See also====
* {{l|en|cherry pick}}
* {{l|en|heteroclite}}
* {{l|en|holistic}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# Someone who selects according to the eclectic method.
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=14 Dec 86|volume=14|number=22|journal=Gay Community News|page=5|author=Mary Morrisey|title=Roll Over, Jehovah — And Tell St. Nick the News|text=Neo-Pagans are '''eclectics''', often borrowing from a variety of cultural traditions as they try to shape their religious organizations and practices to meet group and individual needs.}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|one who selects by the eclectic method}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|eklektik|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|eklektiker|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|eclecticus|m}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|eklektikko}}
* German: {{t|de|Eklektiker|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|eclettico}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|еклектичар|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|eclético|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|eclectic|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|экле́ктик|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|еклектик|m|sc=Cyrl}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|eklektik|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|ecléctico}}
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{{C|en|People}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|fr|éclectique}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ro|/eˈklek.tik/}}

===Adjective===
{{ro-adj}}

# {{l|en|eclectic}}

====Declension====
{{ro-decl-adj}}