'Irenic' definitions:
Definition of 'irenic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Conducive to peace; "irenic without being namby-pamby"; "an irenic attitude toward former antagonists"
Definition of 'Irenic'
From: GCIDE
- Irenic \I*ren"ic\, Irenical \I*ren"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?.] Fitted or designed to promote peace; pacific; conciliatory; peaceful. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'irenic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- appeasing,
- civilian,
- conciliatory,
- dovish,
- mollifying,
- nonaggressive,
- noncombatant,
- nonmilitant,
- nonviolent,
- pacific,
- pacificatory,
- pacifist,
- pacifistic,
- pacifying,
- peace-loving,
- peaceable,
- peaceful,
- placative,
- placatory,
- propitiative,
- propitiatory,
- reconciliatory,
- soothing,
- unbellicose,
- uncontentious,
- unhostile,
- unmilitant,
- unmilitary