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Definition of eclecticism : Theory or practice of an eclectic.

Synonyms:

eclectic method

Usage examples:

• His lectures were crowded, his eclecticism was novel and popular, and when after July itself he became officially powerful, he distinguished himself by patronising young men of genius. - "A Short History of French Literature", George Saintsbury.
• His criticisms upon art, which are suggestive enough, are regarded with undisguised contempt by professional critics; and I find that they are held to be vitiated by a certain want of balance and proportion, and a whimsical eclecticism of taste. - "The Upton Letters", Arthur Christopher Benson.
• It is part of Virgil’ s eclecticism to combine the science of Epicurus with the theology of the more spiritual schools. - "The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil", W. Y. Sellar.