In those days she had admired his pluralistic openness of mind, and struggled, in her kitchen, towards a parallel eclecticism, learning to cook the dosas and uttapams of South India as well as the soft meatballs of Kashmir.
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Eclecticism
Synonyms for "eclecticism" (20 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (10)
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9 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 13 languages.
Catalan
3 entries- eclecticisme noun (the quality of being eclectic)
- eclecticisme noun (philosophical approach that draws on multiple theories)
- eclecticisme noun (form of art based on multiple styles)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 折中主義 /折中主义 noun (form of art based on multiple styles)
Czech
4 entries- eklekticismus noun (philosophical approach that draws on multiple theories)
- eklekticismus noun (form of art based on multiple styles)
- eklektismus noun (philosophical approach that draws on multiple theories)
- eklektismus noun (form of art based on multiple styles)
Dutch
1 entries- eclectisch noun (the quality of being eclectic)
Finnish
3 entries- eklektismi noun (philosophical approach that draws on multiple theories)
- eklektismi noun (form of art based on multiple styles)
- eklektisyys noun (the quality of being eclectic)
French
3 entries- éclectisme noun (the quality of being eclectic)
- éclectisme noun (philosophical approach that draws on multiple theories)
- éclectisme noun (form of art based on multiple styles)
German
1 entries- Eklektizismus noun (form of art based on multiple styles)
Kazakh
1 entries- эклектизм noun (form of art based on multiple styles)
Macedonian
1 entries- еклекти́зам noun (philosophical approach that draws on multiple theories)
Polish
3 entries- eklektyzm noun (the quality of being eclectic)
- eklektyzm noun (philosophical approach that draws on multiple theories)
- eklektyzm noun (form of art based on multiple styles)
Portuguese
3 entries- ecletismo noun (the quality of being eclectic)
- ecletismo noun (philosophical approach that draws on multiple theories)
- ecletismo noun (form of art based on multiple styles)
Spanish
3 entries- eclecticismo noun (the quality of being eclectic)
- eclecticismo noun (philosophical approach that draws on multiple theories)
- eclecticismo noun (form of art based on multiple styles)
Swedish
2 entries- eklekticism noun (philosophical approach that draws on multiple theories)
- eklekticism noun (form of art based on multiple styles)
Sample sentences
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I am concerned that this encouraging but brief period of success will foster the opinion, already widely held, that the monetary pillar is superfluous, and lead monetary policy analysis back to the kind of muddled eclecticism that brought us the 1970s inflation.
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