irenic

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek εἰρηνικός (eirēnikós, characterized by peace, peaceful) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’). Εἰρηνικός (Eirēnikós) is derived from εἰρήνη (eirḗnē, peace)[1] (possibly from εἴρω (eírō, to fasten together) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- ((verb) to bind, tie together; (noun) thread)), or εἴρω (eírō, to say, speak) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (to say, speak))) + -ῐκός (-ikós, suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’).

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irenic (comparative more irenic, superlative most irenic)

  1. (chiefly theology) Promoting or fitted to promote peace or peacemaking, especially over disputes; conciliatory, non-confrontational, peaceful.
    Synonyms: irenical, nonpolemic, nonpolemical, pacific
    Antonyms: contentious, disputatious, polemic, polemical, unirenic; see also Thesaurus:quarrelsome

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  1. ^ irenic, adj. and n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022; irenic, adj. and n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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