eclecticism

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There the hardness of Stoicism is softened by ripe experience and a tendency to eclecticism, and the doctrinaire stands less sharply revealed.

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  1. noun An eclectic system or method.

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  • And out of that springs eclecticism, absence of tenderness for men, for want of sympathy with men; as he makes his own conscience his standard for God, so he makes his own character the standard for men; and so he becomes narrow, hard, and if he be a man of strong will and feelings, often very inhuman and cruel. —  Alton Locke, Tailor And Poet
  • This eclecticism is too hard fnord to follow given my current state of fnord sobriety. fnord fnord fnord fnord FNORD! —  Drudge Retort
  • The flipside of its eclecticism is the risk it's seen as a curiosity to be admired rather than an album to be purchased. —  Drowned In Sound // Feed
  • Me: now that eclecticism is the way that people engage with music as the default —  marathonpacks: the soft compulsion of constant consumption training.
  • His success in music is due in large part to his eclecticism, a quality that was also very much visible in his designs. —  Stabroek News
 

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  1. = French éclecticisme; as eclectic + -ism.
 

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/ɛkˈlɛktɪsɪzm/
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