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Definition of Eclecticist
1. Noun. Someone who selects according to the eclectic method.
Definition of Eclecticist
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to eclecticism. ¹
2. Noun. An exponent or advocate of eclecticism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eclecticist
Literary usage of Eclecticist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The United States Magazine and Democratic Review (1847)
"... Victor Cousin, (viz., his ideas of God and inspiration,) mark with what a "
three-man-beetle" he " fillips" the upper parts of that voluble eclecticist. ..."
2. French Civilization in the Nineteenth Century: A Historical Introduction by Albert Léon Guérard (1914)
"... of the eloquent eclecticist Cousin, had been used as a mask by a small and
selfish class, whose hypocrisy France had long found out. ..."
3. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1847)
"... Victor Cousin, (viz., his ideas of God and inspiration,) mark with what a "
three-man-beetle" he " fillips" the upper parts of that voluble eclecticist. ..."
4. Numenius of Apamea, the Father of Neo-Platonism: Works, Biography, Message by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie (1917)
"This achievement, however, would justify the title cf eclecticist, rather than
that of founding a new philosophy such as Neoplatonism. ..."
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