Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style;
[syn: eclecticism, eclectic method]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Eclecticism \Ec*lec"ti*cism\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]clecticisme. Cf.
Electicism.]
Theory or practice of an eclectic.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
eclecticism
n 1: making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of
following some single doctrine or style [syn:
eclecticism, eclectic method]