irenic
Syllables: iren·ic/aɪˈɹiːnɪk/US/aɪˈɹinɪk/
irenic adjective: promoting or fitted to promote peace or peacemaking, especially over disputes; conciliatory, non-confrontational, peaceful.
Adjective
irenic (comparative more irenic, superlative most irenic)
- Promoting or fitted to promote peace or peacemaking, especially over disputes; conciliatory, non-confrontational, peaceful.
- Plato and the Athenians must have felt almost as uncomfortable with Xenophon's irenic intervention as one feels at times in an argument when—just as the point in dispute, precisely by being brought to a head, begins to be interesting—a helpful third party kindly takes it upon himself to reconcile...1989 [1830 October 30], Søren Kierkegaard, translated by Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong, On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University...
- The idea that the Jews of the region are not genetically distinct from other peoples of the area should be an irenic insight.2001 November 30, Hywel Williams, “God the state-builder”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 May 2021
- Synonyms:
- irenical, nonpolemic, nonpolemical, pacific, anti-bellicist, dovelike, dovish, non-violent, pacifist, pacifistic
- Antonyms:
- contentious, disputatious, polemic, polemical, unirenic, agonistic, argumentative, bangsome, bellicose, belligerent
irenic meaning in Tamil
irenic in Tamil
- அமைதி, சமாதானம், நட்பு நாடும், சமாதானமான, நட்பான, அமைதியான
Synonyms of irenic
- irenical
- nonpolemic
- nonpolemical
- pacific
- anti-bellicist
- dovelike
- dovish
- non-violent
- pacifist
- pacifistic
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Antonyms
- contentious
- disputatious
- polemic
- polemical
- unirenic
- agonistic
- argumentative
- bangsome
- bellicose
- belligerent
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Forms of irenic
| comparative | more irenic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most irenic |
| alternative form | eirenic |
Origin of irenic
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”) (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 (-ĭkós, suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’).
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Questions about irenic
- What does irenic mean?
- Irenic means promoting or fitted to promote peace or peacemaking, especially over disputes; conciliatory, non-confrontational, peaceful.
- What is irenic in Tamil?
- Irenic in Tamil is அமைதி, சமாதானம், நட்பு நாடும். See Irenic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is irenic?
- Irenic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce irenic?
- Irenic is pronounced /aɪˈɹiːnɪk/ (UK).
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