{"id":10211,"date":"2021-01-07T19:20:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T19:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/?p=10211"},"modified":"2023-04-17T22:44:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T22:44:33","slug":"eclectic-in-a-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/eclectic-in-a-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use the Word &#8220;eclectic&#8221; in a Sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>img#mv-trellis-img-1::before{padding-top:150%; }img#mv-trellis-img-1{display:block;}<\/style><p>The English language pulls words from all over the place.<\/p>\n<p>In that sense, it&rsquo;s a lot like today&rsquo;s word: eclectic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>How do you use &ldquo;eclectic&rdquo; in a sentence?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The word &ldquo;eclectic&rdquo; is an adjective meaning that something such as a book, system or method combines practices or theories from different religions, philosophies, systems or backgrounds instead of just one. When used to refer to a person, &ldquo;eclectic&rdquo; means that someone gets their own ideas from various places. To use &ldquo;eclectic&rdquo; in a sentence, simply place it before the noun to which it refers or use it to describe something as eclectic. <\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Examples<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">&ldquo;My father had eclectic tastes in music. We regularly listened to hip hop, classical music and jazz.&rdquo;<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">&ldquo;Mrs. Jones subscribes to an eclectic political playbook and will do whatever it takes to reach a compromise.&rdquo;<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">&ldquo;The menu was eclectic, with food from the Polynesian islands, several midwestern staples and a desert inspired by Russian delicacies.&rdquo;<\/div><\/div>\n<p>All these examples show &ldquo;eclectic&rdquo; as an adjective, used to show the variety found in the noun it describes.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10215\" src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-To-Use-22eclectic22-in-a-Sentence.jpg\" alt=\"How To Use eclectic in a Sentence\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-To-Use-22eclectic22-in-a-Sentence.jpg 320w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-To-Use-22eclectic22-in-a-Sentence-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-To-Use-22eclectic22-in-a-Sentence-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-To-Use-22eclectic22-in-a-Sentence-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-To-Use-22eclectic22-in-a-Sentence-735x1103.jpg 735w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-To-Use-22eclectic22-in-a-Sentence-223x335.jpg 223w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-To-Use-22eclectic22-in-a-Sentence-231x347.jpg 231w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-To-Use-22eclectic22-in-a-Sentence-347x520.jpg 347w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-To-Use-22eclectic22-in-a-Sentence-427x640.jpg 427w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-To-Use-22eclectic22-in-a-Sentence-512x768.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-To-Use-22eclectic22-in-a-Sentence.jpg\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10215 eager-load\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%201500'%3E%3Crect%20width='1000'%20height='1500'%20style='fill:%23e3e3e3'\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"How To Use eclectic in a Sentence\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-To-Use-22eclectic22-in-a-Sentence.jpg\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-To-Use-22eclectic22-in-a-Sentence.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-To-Use-22eclectic22-in-a-Sentence.jpg 320w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-To-Use-22eclectic22-in-a-Sentence-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-To-Use-22eclectic22-in-a-Sentence-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-To-Use-22eclectic22-in-a-Sentence-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-To-Use-22eclectic22-in-a-Sentence-735x1103.jpg 735w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-To-Use-22eclectic22-in-a-Sentence-223x335.jpg 223w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-To-Use-22eclectic22-in-a-Sentence-231x347.jpg 231w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-To-Use-22eclectic22-in-a-Sentence-347x520.jpg 347w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-To-Use-22eclectic22-in-a-Sentence-427x640.jpg 427w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-To-Use-22eclectic22-in-a-Sentence-512x768.jpg 512w\" data-svg=\"1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><br>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The meaning of &ldquo;eclectic&rdquo;<\/h2>\n<p>Eclectic is an adjective, meaning it&rsquo;s a word used to describe a person, place or thing. Eclectic isn&rsquo;t really used to describe places very often, so let&rsquo;s focus on what this word means with people and things.<\/p>\n<p>When used to describe a person, the word &ldquo;eclectic&rdquo; means that person&rsquo;s habits or ideas come from many different backgrounds. If an artist has stylistic influences including Pablo Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci and Jackson Pollock, that artist is pretty eclectic.<\/p>\n<p>So far as things go, the word &ldquo;eclectic&rdquo; is usually only applied to abstract concepts like philosophies or work habits. The meaning is the same: something that&rsquo;s eclectic draws its inspirations from all over.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/with-that-being-said\/\" title=\"With that being said\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">With that being said<\/a>, you can certainly apply &ldquo;eclectic&rdquo; to specific things. In this case, it usually means the ideas used to create that object were eclectic, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/but-rather-in-a-sentence\/\">rather<\/a><\/strong> than the item itself.<\/p>\n<p>If someone were to describe a lunch as eclectic, for instance, they might mean that it was inspired by cuisines from around the world all mixed in unusual ways.<\/p>\n<p>More rarely, &ldquo;eclectic&rdquo; can be a noun used to describe a person. The meaning here is similar to when the adjective is used to describe a person, but if you are using a noun you are making a much stronger statement about <em>all<\/em> that person&rsquo;s habits and ideas, rather than just some.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Where &ldquo;eclectic&rdquo; comes from<\/h2>\n<p>Word etymologies are sometimes obscure, but the origin of &ldquo;eclectic&rdquo; is very straightforward.<\/p>\n<p>It comes directly from Greek &ldquo;eclectikos,&rdquo; meaning &ldquo;selective.&rdquo; In fact, the word has its origin in the name for a specific school of Classical Greek philosophy.<\/p>\n<p>In Classical Greece, philosophy was huge. Students flocked to hear people like Aristotle and Plato hold forth, and in many cases these famous philosophers held a role that was part educator, part orator and part popular figure.<\/p>\n<p>If it helps, you can think of them as the YouTube stars of Classical Greece, except instead of unboxing videos they shared insights into the very nature of existence.<\/p>\n<p>Most of these philosophical schools traced their teachings from one specific figure, such as Aristotle or Pythagoras.<\/p>\n<p>Others picked ideas from various other schools to create a diverse set of ideas and a philosophical with no single origin. These philosophers, which included the famous orator Cicero and the historian Seneca the Younger, were deemed <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/maritain.nd.edu\/jmc\/etext\/hop16.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eclectics<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The word itself wasn&rsquo;t used too frequently in Classical Greece, and when it was used it wasn&rsquo;t really a compliment. Over time, however, the word lost any negative meanings it had.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-today\/\"><strong>Today<\/strong><\/a>, being eclectic doesn&rsquo;t imply either a good or a bad habit. All it means is that someone or something pulls ideas from multiple places.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>How to use &ldquo;eclectic&rdquo; in a sentence: In-depth analysis<\/h2>\n<p>Using the word &ldquo;eclectic&rdquo; in a sentence is straightforward. If &ldquo;eclectic&rdquo; is an adjective, you can use it by placing it in front of any noun. You can also use the adjective by itself by saying something &ldquo;is eclectic.&rdquo; Also, eclectic can be used as a noun. In this case, it refers to a person who has eclectic habits.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How to use the noun &ldquo;eclectic&rdquo; in a sentence?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>If you&rsquo;re using &ldquo;eclectic&rdquo; as a noun, then you need to include the indefinite article, &ldquo;an,&rdquo; in front of it. Otherwise, you will be able to use it just like any other noun. Note that whether &ldquo;an&rdquo; precedes &ldquo;eclectic&rdquo; is not a good indicator by itself of whether the word is an adjective of a noun. The bottom line is that if &ldquo;eclectic&rdquo; is not describing another noun in the sentence, it&rsquo;s a noun.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Example<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">&ldquo;Mrs. Jones is an eclectic and will do whatever it takes to reach a compromise.&rdquo;<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The English language pulls words from all over the place. In that sense, it&rsquo;s a lot like today&rsquo;s word: eclectic. &nbsp; How do you use &ldquo;eclectic&rdquo; in a sentence? The word &ldquo;eclectic&rdquo; is an adjective meaning that something such as a book, system or method combines practices or theories from different religions, philosophies, systems or &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10214,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable-in-feed":false,"article-schema-type":"Article","disable-critical-css":false,"_convertkit_action_broadcast_export":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,1116],"tags":[290],"class_list":["post-10211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-grammar","tag-eclectic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10211"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25305,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10211\/revisions\/25305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}