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eirenical

eirenical is the alternative form of irenical.

Meaning of irenical

Adjective

irenical (comparative more irenical, superlative most irenical)

  1. Synonym of irenic (“promoting or fitted to promote peace, especially over disputes; conciliatory, non-confrontational, peaceful”).
    • [Andrew Marvell's] irenical moral is the interdependence, if insurmountable quarrelsomeness, of both elements in man's divided nature, rather as in a stormy marriage.2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin Books, published 2004, page 40
    Synonyms:
    irenic

Forms of eirenical

comparativemore eirenical
superlativemost eirenical

Questions about eirenical

What is eirenical the alternative form of?
Eirenical is the alternative form of irenical.

Words near eirenical in the dictionary

  1. eirenarch
  2. eirenarchs
  3. Eirene
  4. eirenic
  5. eirenica
  6. eirenical
  7. eirenically
  8. eirenicism
  9. eirenicon
  10. eirenicons
  11. eirenics

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