What does "irenical" mean?

Synonym of irenic (“promoting or fitted to promote peace, especially over disputes; conciliatory, non-confrontational, peaceful”).

What is a synonym for "irenical"?

Common synonyms include: dovelike, dovish, irenic, non-violent, pacific, pacifist.

Irenical

adj

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Adjective

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Synonym of irenic (“promoting or fitted to promote peace, especially over disputes; conciliatory, non-confrontational, peaceful”).
"[Andrew Marvell's] irenical moral is the interdependence, if insurmountable quarrelsomeness, of both elements in man's divided nature, rather as in a stormy marriage."

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dovelike dovish irenic non-violent pacific pacifist

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"[Andrew Marvell's] irenical moral is the interdependence, if insurmountable quarrelsomeness, of both elements in man's divided nature, rather as in a stormy marriage."

Etymology

From irenic + -al (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’).

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