(a.) Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic philosopher.
(a.) Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected; as, an eclectic method; an eclectic magazine.
(n.) One who follows an eclectic method.
Example Sentences:
(1) The author uses an eclectic theoretical frame of reference which includes some elements of psychodynamic, object relations, and structural and strategic family therapy theory.
(2) More recently, Echinacea angustifolia - a wildflower native to North America and related to the daisy - was studied in depth by the Eclectics, a group of American medical herbalists practising from the 1850s to the 1930s.
(3) His eclectic approach to songwriting means he may not produce music that is typically Bahian or even Brazilian, but alongside the likes of Argentina's Juana Molina and Colombia's Bomba Estereo , he's redefining 21st-century Latin music.
(4) A successful PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System) implementation requires an eclectic integration of a number of key technologies.
(5) The strategy is based on an eclectic conceptual framework and reflects the progressional nature of the attachment process.
(6) His best collaborators and students, such as Joyce Molyneux, late of the Carved Angel in Dartmouth, and Stephen Markwick, also late of Markwick's in Bristol, first reproduced his style, then refreshed it with their own imaginations, and the eclectic style of cooking associated with the 1980s.
(7) Lisa and Brian converted the old wooden schoolhouse six years ago and the design is bright and eclectic, think retro school desks, a funky red kitchen, a clear geodesic dome in the garden for stargazing and chill-out time and a giant chess set on the lawn.
(8) It captures the fact that the eclectic and inventive Adams - who cut his compositional teeth as a member of the minimalist school in the 1970s and 1980s, and then moved on into less strict forms of tonal music - is almost certainly America's most widely performed contemporary composer.
(9) They found two clusters of prospective child psychiatrists: one psychoanalytically oriented and the other eclectically oriented.
(10) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close GGGGGGG-Unit 3.20pm BST Tuesday tune injection part 2 We're nothing if not eclectic today.
(11) We have gone from an eclectic program to a systematic behavior modification program.
(12) Curative treatment is essentially symptom oriented, while the prevention of such complications demands, in addition to close supervision of patients under this medication, particularly strict eclectism in the selection of indications for its administration.
(13) Diana Nagy, a singer from San Francisco, shouted to an eclectic audience of bikers, veterans, pensioners and others.
(14) It was led by an SNP member but, contrary to expectations, the other volunteers were an eclectic mix: a Green, two Labour supporters and a former Liberal Democrat.
(15) After a cross-comparison arguments are given why there is still a need for a more problem- and patient-oriented, eclectic and limited psychotherapy.
(16) An eclectic set of concepts form the third construct in the framework presented here.
(17) Joe’s Garage , a tiny eclectic record and bookshop on Westbourne Road, is a place to meet random characters and to flip through vinyls.
(18) From a sapphire and diamond brooch to a humble bag of salt, the Queen picked up an eclectic haul of official gifts during the year she became Britain’s longest-reigning monarch.
(19) I don’t want a peerage, and I don’t want a job in government.” Davis calls himself an “eclectic” politician.
(20) The third independent variable was psychologists' theoretical orientation (psychodynamic, behavioral, or eclectic).
Rife
Definition:
(a.) Prevailing; prevalent; abounding.
(a.) Having power; active; nimble.
Example Sentences:
(1) As an organisation rife with white privilege, Peta has the luxury of not having to consider the horror that such imagery would evoke.
(2) Independent experts warn that rumours and deliberate misinformation about the regime are rife, partly because it is impossible to verify or disprove most stories about the tightly controlled country's elite.
(3) Crosta said the lack of internet access in many parts of the world where wildlife crime is rife was not a major barrier to success, because WildLeaks is aimed at exposing the key players in the international crime networks, not the low-level operatives on the ground.
(4) The City is rife with gambling addicts whose habits contribute to a risk-prone culture of the sort which helped Kweku Adoboli lose UBS £1.5bn, according to one London trader.
(5) Perhaps monstering earns underdog sympathy, with contempt for the press as rife as contempt for conventional politics.
(6) She wants it to be a smooth, constructive, orderly process.” With speculation rife about how Britain plans to conduct the negotiations, Tusk wants to avoid a discussion and will not invite other EU leaders to respond.
(7) Concern – which was already rife among Britons living and working in EU countries about the effect on their lives if Britain were to leave the single market and reject freedom of movement – has been compounded by last week’s UK general election result.
(8) James Murdoch, the New York Times and Sienna Miller The New York Times published an report in September 2010 claiming "a dozen" reporters had said hacking was rife at the News of the World.
(9) On Sunday, Jones tweeted about "heavy shelling and other exchanges" of fire in the vicinity of the embassy and speculation about the potential evacuation had been rife at the State Department for more than a week.
(10) It is all too easy to show that RT’s coverage is rife with conspiracy theories and risible fabrications: one programme showed fake documents intended to prove that the US was guiding the Ukrainian government to ethnically cleanse Russian speakers from western Ukraine.
(11) Speculation is rife that international aid was dependent on Greece following through on agreements to buy military hardware from Germany and France.
(12) Competition among software providers is rife, and it can be difficult to determine which option is best suited for particular organisational and contextual needs.
(13) Critics have long charged that Alibaba’s Taobao online marketplace, one of the world’s largest shopping sites with 7 million sellers offering 800 million items, is rife with fake goods.
(14) The bill was rife with the sentiment that Snap recipients are largely lazy, unemployed, or underemployed, and that the solution to Snap's expansion was to force its recipients to take jobs.
(15) Even so, Steve Gibson, the club’s owner apparently came very close to sacking the Spaniard and rumours are rife that Karanka might not be around next season with some believing Nigel Pearson could step in.
(16) Malaria is rife: children under seven and pregnant women cannot be sent there because of malarial issues.
(17) The clashes occurred close to the village of Elbeyli, a small border town rife with smugglers to which the Turkish military has sent reinforcements in recent weeks.
(18) In the London agencies where she worked in the 80s, overt sexism was rife, but Gallop says she didn’t notice “because that was the way things were.
(19) Use of these new damaging and powerful forms of synthetic cannabinoids is rife in our prisons and by homeless people, with estimates of up to 50 deaths last year .
(20) But gagging clauses, self-censorship and dread of speaking out is rife.