different between irenical vs irenic

English

Etymology

From irenic.

Adjective

irenical (comparative more irenical, superlative most irenical)

1. Peaceful, conciliatory; promoting peace, especially over theological or ecclesiastical disputes.
   • 2003: [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. — Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 40)

Translations

References

• irenical in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (eir?nikós), from ?????? (eir?n?, “peace”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a????n?k/, /a???i?n?k/

  Rhymes: -?n?k, -i?n?k

Adjective

irenic (comparative more irenic, superlative most irenic)

1. (chiefly theology, in extended usage) Promoting or fitted to promote peace; conciliatory, non-confrontational; peaceful.
   • 2001, Hywel Williams, The Guardian, 30 Nov 2001:

     The idea that the Jews of the region are not genetically distinct from other peoples of the area should be an irenic insight.

   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 199:

     The philosophes contrasted their own irenic calls for tolerance with the church's historical record as the perennial source of cruelty and fanaticism.

   • 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin 2012, p. 343:

     The current comity between the United States and China […] is a recent reminder of the irenic effects of trade.

Related terms

• irenical
• irenicon
• irenics

Translations

References

• irenic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• ricine