irenic

(redirected from irenical)
Also found in: Thesaurus.

i·ren·ic

 (ī-rĕn′ĭk, ī-rē′nĭk) also i·ren·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl, -nĭ-kəl)
adj.
Promoting peace; conciliatory.
[Greek eirēnikos, from eirēnē, peace.]
i·ren′i·cal·ly adv.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

irenic

(aɪˈriːnɪk; -ˈrɛn-) or

eirenic

;

irenical

or

eirenical

adj
tending to conciliate or promote peace
[C19: from Greek eirēnikos, from eirēnē peace]
iˈrenically, eiˈrenically adv
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

i•ren•ic

(aɪˈrɛn ɪk, aɪˈri nɪk)

also i•ren′i•cal,



adj.
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
[1860–65; < Greek eirēnikós=eirḗn(ē) peace + -ikos -ic]
i•ren′i•cal•ly, adv.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.irenic - conducive to peace; "irenic without being namby-pamby"; "an irenic attitude toward former antagonists"
peaceful, peaceable - not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; "a peaceful nation"; "peaceful times"; "a far from peaceful Christmas"; "peaceful sleep"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

irenic

adjective
Inclined or disposed to peace; not quarrelsome or unruly:
pacific, pacifical, pacifist, pacifistic, peaceable, peaceful.
The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
This third way--represented by an irenical group of German Catholics and Protestants known as Ut Omnes Unum--suggested the possibility of an ecumenization of the German national idea or an inter-confessional notion of German national identity.
That all may be one? Church unity and the German national idea, 1866-1883
His approach is very irenical. He shows how Orthodox thought is capable of both contributing insights to others and welcoming them in turn.
Orthodoxy in Conversation: Orthodox Ecumenical Engagements
It is a method of inquiry, irenical and ecumenical, uniting all who submit to its discipline in a search for truth (such "truth" as any science can afford, that is), whose destination cannot be known in advance.
Economics, love, and family values: Nancy Folbre and Jennifer Roback Morse on the Invisible Heart
Thus the character of the readers addressed would minister to fairness of treatment in matters of controversy, and could scarcely fail to secure the production of works decidedly irenical in spirit.
Albert Henry Newman: with a bibliography of writings that encompasses at least twenty-one pages, Albert Henry Newman (1852-1933) ranks as one of the most prolific and competent church historians Baptists have ever produced

Dictionary browser ?
Full browser ?