Eclectic
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Eclectic may refer to:
- EclecticismEclecticismEclecticism is a conceptual approach that does not hold rigidly to a single paradigm or set of assumptions, but instead draws upon multiple theories, styles, or ideas to gain complementary insights into a subject, or applies different theories in particular cases.It can sometimes seem inelegant or...
, a philosophical movement, artistic movement, etc.- Eclecticism in artEclecticism in artEclecticism is a kind of mixed style in the fine arts: "the borrowing of a variety of styles from different sources and combining them" . Significantly, Eclecticism hardly ever constituted a specific style in art: it is characterized by the fact that it was not a particular style...
- Eclecticism in musicEclecticism in musicEclecticism is used to describe a composer's conscious use of styles alien to his nature, or from one or more historical styles. The term is also used pejoratively to describe music whose composer, thought to be lacking originality, appears to have freely drawn on other models .-Sources:* Kennedy,...
- Eclecticism in art
- Eclectic, AlabamaEclectic, AlabamaEclectic is a town in Elmore County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 1,037. It is part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Eclectic is located at .According to the U.S...
, a village of about 1,000 people in central Alabama - Eclectic MedicineEclectic medicineEclectic medicine was a branch of American medicine which made use of botanical remedies along with other substances and physical therapy practices, popular in the latter half of the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries....
, a combination of herbalism, physical therapies, and the use of other substances in the 19th century - For Eclectic Psychotherapy see Integrative PsychotherapyIntegrative PsychotherapyIntegrative psychotherapy may involve the fusion of different schools of psychotherapy. The word 'integrative' in Integrative psychotherapy may also refer to integrating the personality and making it cohesive, and to the bringing together of the "affective, cognitive, behavioral, and physiological...
- Eclectic paradigmEclectic paradigmThe eclectic paradigm is a theory in economics and is also known as the OLI-Model or OLI-Framework. It is a further development of the theory of internalization and published by John H. Dunning in 1980....
, an economic theory, published by John H.Dunning in 1980 - Eclectic Society (Christian)Eclectic Society (Christian)The Eclectic Society was founded in 1783 by a number of Anglican clergymen and laymen as a discussion group, and was instrumental in the founding of the Church Missionary Society in 1799.-Origins:...
, an English missionary and anti-slavery society, founded in London in 1783 - Eclectic Society (fraternity)Eclectic Society (Fraternity)The Eclectic Society was originally a college fraternity at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and was one of older fraternal college organizations in the United States...
, an American college fraternity, Phi Nu Theta, founded at Wesleyan University in 1838 - Morning Becomes EclecticMorning Becomes EclecticMorning Becomes Eclectic is a three-hour adult album alternative radio program first aired in 1977 and broadcast live every weekday from KCRW in Santa Monica, California. The show's name is a play on the Eugene O'Neill trilogy of plays, Mourning Becomes Electra.The show is hosted by Jason Bentley,...
, a radio program, transmitted from Santa Monica, California - Sounds EclecticSounds EclecticSounds Eclectic, no longer being broadcast on radio, is a weekly syndicated public radio program hosted by Nic Harcourt that plays a variety of music, often by emerging artists. A trademark of the program is recordings of live sessions from artists both established and new, taken from the archives...
, a radio program - Eclectic-methodEclectic-methodEclectic Method is the name of an audio-visual remix act, originally formed in London 2002 by Geoff Gamlen, Ian Edgar , Jonny Wilson ....
, a British band - Eclectic ShorthandEclectic ShorthandEclectic shorthand is an English shorthand system of the 19th century...
, or cross shorthand, a system of shorthand in the English language, used some during the 19th century - Eclectic Discs, a record label renamed to Esoteric RecordingsEsoteric RecordingsEstablished in 2007, Esoteric Recordings is a UK independent record label specialising in 70s progressive rock, folk, psychedelic and jazz-rock reissues as part of the Cherry Red Records umbrella of imprints...