irenic
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek εἰρηνικός (eirēnikós), from εἰρήνη (eirḗnē, “peace”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
irenic (comparative more irenic, superlative most irenic)
- (chiefly theology, in extended usage) Promoting or fitted to promote peace; conciliatory, non-confrontational; peaceful.
- 2001, Hywel Williams, The Guardian, 30 Nov 2001:
- The idea that the Jews of the region are not genetically distinct from other peoples of the area should be an irenic insight.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 199:
- The philosophes contrasted their own irenic calls for tolerance with the church's historical record as the perennial source of cruelty and fanaticism.
- 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin 2012, p. 343:
- The current comity between the United States and China […] is a recent reminder of the irenic effects of trade.
- 2001, Hywel Williams, The Guardian, 30 Nov 2001:
Related terms
Translations
Promoting or fitted to promote peace
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References
- “irenic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.