irenic

== English == === 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”) (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’). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /aɪˈɹiːnɪk/, /-ˈɹɛ-/ (General American) IPA(key): /aɪˈɹinɪk/, /-ˈɹɛ-/ Rhymes: -iːnɪk, -ɛnɪk Hyphenation: iren‧ic === Adjective === irenic (comparative more irenic, superlative most irenic) (chiefly theology) Promoting or fitted to promote peace or peacemaking, especially over disputes; conciliatory, non-confrontational, peaceful. Synonyms: irenical, nonpolemic, nonpolemical, pacific; see also Thesaurus:peaceable Antonyms: contentious, disputatious, polemic, polemical, unirenic; see also Thesaurus:quarrelsome ==== Alternative forms ==== eirenic ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === peace on Wikipedia.Wikipedia William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “irenic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === ricine