A practice or method of making careful selections or choices, particularly in philosophical or artistic contexts.
From 'electic' plus the suffix '-ism' (a system or practice). This ultra-rare term would have been used in specialized philosophical discourse to describe selective approaches to knowledge or art.
This word is so obscure it barely exists in historical records—it's a ghost word that probably appeared in a few 18th-century philosophical texts and then disappeared! It's a reminder that not every theoretically possible English word actually survives in use.
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