irenic
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- adjective
- /aɪˈrɛnɪk/
- Formal
:
irenico
- The new peace initiative aims to create an irenic atmosphere among the conflicting parties.
Examples
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While Des Bosses embarked enthusiastically on this irenic project, as the years went by and the arguments unfolded in the correspondence, he came to express less confidence in the possibility of such a philosophical feat.
Academic text (2016) -
Though, as you note, I try to take a more irenic approach to fundamentalism, we could easily go back through US history to note times when religious rhetoric or beliefs fueled genocide.
Blog text (4) -
We could still hear the sound of guns, and I didn't even know in what benighted but irenic spot we were holed up.
Fiction book (2000) -
This writer's irenic approach is unsettling and even scandalous to regular JihadWatch readers, but I endorse the airing of different perspectives on these issues.
Blog text (1) -
A more irenic approach might be mediated through the so-called Nicene marks of unity, holiness, catholicity, and apostolicity as noted in part 1.
Academic text (2009) -
At that time in Orvieto, Aquinas was quite productive, writing a commentary on the Book of Job, and in January 1264, at the request of Urban IV, composing "an irenic and well-intentioned examination of a collection of texts from the Greek Fathers."
Academic text (2008) -
Her irenic nature helped to calm the heated debate in the meeting.
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They organized an irenic gathering to bring together community members from different backgrounds.
Synonyms
Causes people or ideas to agree and feel calm
Antonyms
How Reconciliatory
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Surface Forms
Morphology
irenic = iren + ic
Formed from the Greek combining form 'iren-' (peace) + the suffix '-ic', but 'iren-' is not a standalone English word so learners cannot transparently derive the meaning from familiar English components.
Etymology
Irenic comes from the Greek word eirēnē, which means 'peace', and it shares the same root as the name Irene. So an irenic person or idea tries to make peace or calm arguments between people.