Eclectist

/ɪˈklɛktɪst/ noun

Definition

A person who practices or advocates eclecticism; a variant of eclecticist.

Etymology

From 'eclectism' with the agent suffix '-ist,' creating an alternative formation to 'eclecticist.' Both forms emerged in the 18th-19th centuries to describe practitioners of eclectic philosophy.

Kelly Says

An eclectist and an eclecticist mean the same thing—someone who refuses to pick a single philosophy or style—but 'eclectist' is the shorter, less common version that appeared in some historical texts.

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