Meaning of IRENIC
| Pronunciation: | | I'renik
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| | Definition: | | [adj] conducive to peace; "irenic without being namby-pamby"; "an irenic attitude toward former antagonists" |
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| | Synonyms: | | peaceful |
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| | Definition: | | \I*ren"ic\, Irenical \I*ren"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?.]
Fitted or designed to promote peace; pacific; conciliatory;
peaceful. --Bp. Hall.
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| | Related Terms: | | appeasing, civilian, conciliatory, dovish, mollifying, nonaggressive, noncombatant, nonmilitant, nonviolent, pacific, pacificatory, pacifist, pacifistic, pacifying, peaceable, peaceful, peace-loving, placative, placatory, propitiative, propitiatory, reconciliatory, soothing, unbellicose, uncontentious, unhostile, unmilitant, unmilitary |
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