About The Word Irenic
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Irenic
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What's The Definition Of Irenic?
[adj] conducive to peace; "irenic without being namby-pamby"; "an irenic attitude toward former antagonists"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Irenic: peaceful Related Terms | Find terms related to Irenic: appeasing | civilian | conciliatory | dovish | mollifying | nonaggressive | noncombatant | nonmilitant | nonviolent | pacific | pacificatory | pacifist | pacifistic | pacifying | peaceable | peaceful | peace-loving | placative | placatory | propitiative | propitiatory | reconciliatory | soothing | unbellicose | uncontentious | unhostile | unmilitant | unmilitary See Also | Irenic In Webster's Dictionary \I*ren"ic\, Irenical \I*ren"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?.]
Fitted or designed to promote peace; pacific; conciliatory;
peaceful. --Bp. Hall.
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