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irenic, a. and n.|aɪˈrɛnɪk, aɪˈriːnɪk|
[ad. Gr. εἰρηνικ-ός, f. εἰρήνη peace. Cf. eirenic and F. irénique (Littré).
In this and the following word, the first pronunciation is that given by Smart, Ogilvie, and Cassell, and by Webster and the other American Dictionaries, and is in accordance with the general analogies of the language, as in academic, clinical, energetic, euphonic, Platonic, in which the long vowel of the Greek is uniformly shortened; but the modern use of the Greek Εἰρηνικόν, Eirēnicon, to which scholars naturally give the English academic pronunciation of Greek, affects the derivatives also, and makes the second pronunciation frequent among university men.]
A. adj. Pacific, non-polemic; = irenical.
1864in Webster. 1878N. Amer. Rev. 335 President Porter, in his admirable and irenic opening of this discussion, makes it very difficult, for one who follows him. 1882–3Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. I. 710 He was a man of irenic temperament. 1885Ch. Times 343/1 No irenic propositions will do the least good till we have had those standards restored.
B. n. pl. irenics: irenical theology.
1882–3Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. II. 1118 Irenical Theology, or Irenics..presents the points of agreement among Christians with a view to the ultimate unity..of Christendom. 1890Congreg. Rev. Apr. 158 Our mission is not one of polemics but irenics. |