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irenic

/aɪˈɹiːnɪk/ UK
/-ˈɹɛ-/ UK
/aɪˈɹinɪk/ US
/-ˈɹɛ-/ US

Rhymes with -iːnɪk, -ɛnɪk

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek εἰρηνικός (eirēnikós, “characterized by peace, peaceful”) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’). Εἰρηνικός (Eirēnikós) is derived from εἰρήνη (eirḗnē, “peace”) (possibly from εἴρω (eírō, “to fasten together”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“(verb) to bind, tie together; (noun) thread”)), or εἴρω (eírō, “to say, speak”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to say, speak”))) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’).

adjective more irenic · most irenic · eirenic

Promoting or fitted to promote peace or peacemaking, especially over disputes; conciliatory, non-confrontational, peaceful. Plato and the Athenians must have felt almost as uncomfortable with Xenophon's irenic intervention as one feels at times in an argument when—just as the point in dispute, precisely by being brought to a head, begins to be interesting—a helpful third party kindly takes it upon himself to reconcile th
Similar: irenical, nonpolemic, nonpolemical, pacific, anti-bellicist, dovelike, dovish, irenic, non-violent, pacifist, pacifistic, peaceable · Opposite: contentious, disputatious, polemic, polemical, unirenic, agonistic, argumentative, bangsome, bellicose, belligerent, debateful, discordant

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adj promoting or fitted to promote peace or peacemaking, especially over disputes — see also conciliatory

Español	irénico
中文	和平的 hépíngde
Français	irénique
Italiano	irenico

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@misc{irenic_2026,
  title = {irenic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/irenic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}