different between syncretic vs eclectic

English

Etymology

syncret- +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s???k??t?k/

Adjective

syncretic (comparative more syncretic, superlative most syncretic)

1. Combining disparate elements in one system, especially as in forms of religious observance, philosophical systems, or artistic creations.
   • 1985, Robert W. Hefner, Hindu Javanese: Tengger Tradition and Islam, Princeton University Press, 1989, Paperback, page 58,

     In Islamic villages below Tengger, however, more syncretic communities still celebrate annual village ritual festivals (slametan desa, slametan tuyo) designed to give homage to the spirits of the mountains and insure the flow of their waters.

   • 1999, John B. Henderson, Imagining Boundaries: Changing Confucian Doctrines, Texts, and Hermeneutics, Kai-wing Chow, On Cho Ng, John B. Henderson (editors), Imagining Boundaries: Changing Confucian Doctrines, Texts, and Hermeneutics, State University of New York Press, page 112,

     From the point of view of many late Ming and Ch'ing scholars, the most syncretic, as well as the most threatening heretic of all was a nominal Confucian, Wang Yang-ming (1472-1528).

   • 2013, Emily Everett (translator), Néstor O. Míguez, 1: The Nomadismo of the Popular and the Religious, Joerg Rieger (editor), Across Borders: Latin Perspectives in the Americas Reshaping Religion, Theology, and Life, Lexington Books, page 43,

     To cite another obvious case, there can be few things more syncretic than Roman Catholic canon law, where the doctrine of a Galilean peasant was built into Roman imperial legality.

Derived terms

• nonsyncretic
• syncretically

Related terms

• syncretism
• syncretize
• eclectic

Translations

See also

• suppletive

English

Alternative forms

• eclectick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French éclectique, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (eklektikós, “selective”), from ?????? (eklég?, “I pick, choose”), from ?? (ek, “out, from”) + ???? (lég?, “I choose, count”).

Cognate to elect

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?l?k.t?k/, /??kl?k.t?k/
• Rhymes: -?kt?k

Adjective

eclectic (comparative more eclectic, superlative most eclectic)

1. Selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles.
   • 1893, John Robson, Hinduism and its Relations to Christianity, page 211, 214

     Chunder Sen and the Progressive Brahmists broke entirely with Hinduism...and he selected from the scriptures of all creeds what seemed best in them for instruction and for worship. […] It is an eclectic religion: it seeks to select what is good from all religions, and it has become the latest evidence that no eclectic religion can ever influence large numbers of men.

2. Unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous.

Synonyms

• (unrelated and unspecialized): heterogeneous; see also Thesaurus:heterogeneous

Antonyms

• (selecting a mixture of doctrines): exclusive, homogeneous, orthodox, standard, uniform; see also Thesaurus:homogeneous

Derived terms

• eclectically
• eclecticism

Translations

See also

• cherry pick
• heteroclite
• holistic

Noun

eclectic (plural eclectics)

1. Someone who selects according to the eclectic method.

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French éclectique

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?klek.tik/

Adjective

eclectic m or n (feminine singular eclectic?, masculine plural eclectici, feminine and neuter plural eclectice)

1. eclectic

Declension