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单词 irenic
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irenicadj.n.

Brit. /ʌɪˈrɛnɪk/, /ʌɪˈriːnɪk/, U.S. /aɪˈrɛnɪk/, /aɪˈrinɪk/
Etymology: < Greek εἰρηνικός, < εἰρήνη peace. Compare eirenic adj. and French irénique (Littré). In this and irenical adj., 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 adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [adjective]
pacific1548
peacemaking1556
pacificatory1582
irenicala1656
irenic1864
eirenic1885
eirenical1890
1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1878 N. Amer. Rev. 335 President Porter, in his admirable and irenic opening of this discussion, makes it very difficult, for one who follows him.
1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 710 He was a man of irenic temperament.
1885 Church Times 343/1 No irenic propositions will do the least good till we have had those standards restored.
B. n. plural.
irenics n. irenical theology.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > branches of theology > [noun] > irenics
irenics1883
1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 1118 Irenical Theology, or Irenics..presents the points of agreement among Christians with a view to the ultimate unity..of Christendom.
1890 Congreg. Rev. Apr. 158 Our mission is not one of polemics but irenics.
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