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n. - Making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style.

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  • It is this period of eclecticism which is reflected for us in the philosophical writings of Cicero.
  • Responding to the "eclecticism" of contemporary trends in art, his goal was to merge the arts under the wing of architecture.
  • But this is not the sense in which "eclecticism" has been adopted and eulogized by the
  • FUSILLI: Worden's musical eclecticism began early.
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