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irenic

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i·ren·ic  (-rnk, -rnk) also i·ren·i·cal (--kl, -n-kl)
adj.
Promoting peace; conciliatory.

[Greek eirnikos, from eirn, peace.]

i·reni·cal·ly adv.
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Adj.1.irenic - conducive to peace; "irenic without being namby-pamby"; "an irenic attitude toward former antagonists"
peaceful, peaceable - not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; "a peaceful nation"; "peaceful times"; "a far from peaceful Christmas"; "peaceful sleep"


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Gould's classic agnostic dictate that religion and science are "non-overlapping magisteria" ("science studies how the heavens go, religion how to go to heaven"), which might have been an acceptable irenic stance for T.
Scholars and statesmen have long recognized the irenic effect of power on the anarchic world of international politics.
When Pippin remarks on the irony in their fighting to rescue Lotho, Frodo makes his irenic hopes clear: "nobody is to be killed at all, if it can be helped"(VI:8, 983).
 
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