What is the difference between orthodox and eclectic?
orthodox | eclectic | Antonyms |
Conforming to the established, accepted or traditional doctrines of a given ideology, faith or religion.
* 2005 , Alister E McGrath, Iustitia Dei :
* 2009 , Andrew Brown, The Guardian , 23 Dec 2009:
Adhering to whatever is traditional, customary or generally accepted.
Viable for a long time, viable when dried to low moisture content.
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
Unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous.
* 1983 , Peter J. Wilson, Man, the Promising Primate: The Conditions of Human Evolution , page 140
* 2006 , W. Frederick Zimmerman, Should Barack Obama Be President? , page 153
Eclectic is a antonym of orthodox.
As adjectives the difference between orthodox and eclectic
is that orthodox is conforming to the established, accepted or traditional doctrines of a given ideology, faith or religion while eclectic is selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles.As a noun eclectic is
someone who selects according to the eclectic method.orthodox
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Five important modifications were made by the Pietists to the orthodox doctrine of justification, each corresponding to a distinctive aspect of the movement's agenda.
- ‘These speakers are academics who have specialised in Islamic sciences and are well respected in scholarly circles. It is grossly unjust to suggest that they belong to some fringe ideology rather than orthodox Islam.’
Synonyms
* (adhering to whatever is traditional) conventional, conservativeAntonyms
* (conforming to the established faith) heretical, unorthodox, heterodox * (adhering to whatever is traditional) liberal, outlandish, unorthodox * (viable for a long time) recalcitranteclectic
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Alternative forms
* eclectick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- 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.
- All members of the Hominoidea, apes and man, show an eclectic taste in food but select, from a wide range of possibilities, only a few to provide the bulk of their diet.
- Colvin said Obama has an eclectic taste in music, listening to everything from Indonesian flute music to OutKast to Motown.