Eclectic may refer to:

Music

* ''Eclectic'' (Eric Johnson and Mike Stern album), 2014 * ''Eclectic'' (Big Country album), 1996 * Eclectic Method, name of an audio-visual remix act *

Eclecticism in music In music theory and music criticism, the term eclecticism refers to the use of diverse music genres. A musician might be described as eclectic if different parts of their output can be ascribed to different genres such as folk, rock, electron ...

, the conscious use of styles alien to the composer's own nature * '' Eclectic Guitar'', a compilation recording by American guitarist Chet Atkins * ''

Morning Becomes Eclectic ''Morning Becomes Eclectic'' (MBE) is an American 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 t ...

'', a radio program in Santa Monica, California * '' Sounds Eclectic'', a radio program * Eclectic Discs, a record label renamed to Esoteric Recordings * Eclectic Reel, a collection of music by Italian composer Stefano Lentini

Organizations

* Eclectic Society (Christian), an English missionary and anti-slavery society * Eclectic Society (fraternity), an American fraternity, Phi Nu Theta

Other

* Eclectic, Alabama, a village *

Eclecticism Eclecticism 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 i ...

, a philosophical movement *

Eclecticism in architecture Eclecticism in architecture is a 19th and 20th century architectural style in which a single piece of work incorporates eclecticism, a mixture of elements from previous historical styles to create something that is new and original. In architec ...

, a nineteenth and twentieth-century architectural style *

Eclecticism in art Eclecticism 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 t ...

, mixed styles * Eclectic approach, an approach to education * Eclectic paradigm, an economic theory, published by John H. Dunning in 1980 * Eclectic medicine, a 19th century combination of herbalism, physical therapies, and other substances *

Eclectic paganism Eclectic paganism, also occasionally termed universalist or non-denominational paganism, is a form of modern paganism where practitioners blend paganism with aspects of other religions or philosophies, including the blending of separate pagan trad ...

, paganism mixed with other religious paths or philosophies * Eclectic psychotherapy, in which the clinician uses more than one approach * Eclectic shorthand, or cross shorthand, a system of shorthand

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