Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

irenicism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ireni-cism
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Behaviour or belief that tends to resolve disputes between denominations or religions; irenical theology; conciliation.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"A striking feature of this volume is the pronounced irenicism of the Americans, Lindbeck of Yale and Quanbeck of the Luther Theological Seminary at St. Paul, in contrast to the unsparingly critical approach of the Europeans."
"The elector Palatine, as self-appointed Calvinist leader, promoted his own, narrow form of irenicism to remain within the Peace by finding common ground with Lutherans."

Etymology

From irenic + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: irenic

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

irenicisms (plural)

Synonyms

irenics

Antonyms

polemicism polemics

Questions

What does irenicism mean?: Behaviour or belief that tends to resolve disputes between denominations or religions; irenical theology; conciliation.
Where does irenicism come from?: From irenic + -ism.

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