ecumenism

English

Alternative forms

• œcumenism

Etymology

Etymology tree

English ecumene

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.

English -ism

English ecumenism

From ecumene + -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːˈkjuː.mə.nɪzm/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛk.jʊˈmɛ.nɪzm/

Noun

ecumenism (plural ecumenisms)

1. (philosophy) Ecumenical doctrines and practices, especially as manifested in the ecumenical movement.

   Synonyms: ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenicity

Derived terms

• ecumenist

Translations

ecumenical doctrines and practices

• Catalan: ecumenisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 普世教會合一運動 / 普世教会合一运动 (pǔshì jiàohuì héyī yùndòng)

• Danish: økumeni
• Finnish: ekumenia (fi)
• French: œcuménisme (fr) m
• Georgian: ეკუმენიზმი (eḳumenizmi)
• German: Ökumene (de) f, Ökumenismus m
• Greek: οικουμενισμός (el) m (oikoumenismós)
• Hungarian: ökumenizmus (hu)
• Interlingua: ecumenismo
• Irish: éacúiméineachas m
• Italian: ecumenismo (it) m
• Japanese: 世界教会主義 (せかいきょうかいしゅぎ, sekaikyokaijugi), エキュメニズム
• Kazakh: экуменизм (èküwmeniyzm)
• Korean: 교회 일치 운동(教會一致運動) (gyohoe ilchi undong)
• Latin: oecumenismus m
• Malayalam: സഭൈക്യപ്രസ്ഥാനം (sabhaikyaprasthānaṁ)
• Norman: êtchuménisme m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: økumenikk m

  Nynorsk: økumenikk m

• Persian: نهضت وحدت کلیساها
• Polish: ekumenizm (pl)
• Portuguese: ecumenismo (pt) m
• Romanian: ecumenism n
• Russian: экуменизм (ru) m (ekumenizm)
• Slovak: ekumenizmus m
• Spanish: ecumenismo (es) m
• Swahili: ekumeni
• Swedish: ekumenik (sv) c, ekumenism c
• Tagalog: pagkamalukubin
• Vietnamese: phong trào Đại kết
• Welsh: eciwmeniaeth f

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “ecumenism”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.