irenic

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/aɪˈriːnɪk/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ī ren′ik, ī rē′nik)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
i•ren•ic  (ī ren′ik, ī rē′nik),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. tending to promote peace or reconciliation;
    peaceful or conciliatory.
Also, i•ren′i•cal. 
  • Greek eirēnikós, equivalent. to eiré̄n(ē) peace + -ikos -ic
  • 1860–65
i•ren′i•cal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
irenic, eirenic /aɪˈriːnɪk; -ˈrɛn-/irenical, eirenical adj
  1. tending to conciliate or promote peace
Etymology: 19th Century: from Greek eirēnikos, from eirēnē peaceiˈrenically, eiˈrenically adv
'irenic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
eirenic - irenics

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