irenical

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adjective

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

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Meanings

adjectiveirenical (comparative more irenical, superlative most irenical)

comparative more irenical · superlative most irenical

  1. 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.

    2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin Books, published 2004, page 40

    Synonyms: irenic

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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dovishirenicnon-violentpacificpacifistpacifisticpeaceablepeacefulunaggressive

Origin

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

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APA

irenical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irenical

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“irenical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irenical. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “irenical,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irenical.

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