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Meaning of "irenics" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IRENICS

irenics  [aɪˈriːnɪks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IRENICS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Irenics is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES IRENICS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of irenics in the English dictionary

The definition of irenics in the dictionary is that branch of theology that is concerned with unity between Christian sects and denominations.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IRENICS


avionics
ˌeɪvɪˈɒnɪks
chenix
ˈkiːnɪks
coturnix
kəˈtɜːnɪks
electromechanics
ɪˌlɛktrəʊmɪˈkænɪks
electronics
ɪlɛkˈtrɒnɪks
fornix
ˈfɔːnɪks
hydroponics
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈpɒnɪks
hygienics
haɪˈdʒiːnɪks
knicks
nɪks
mechanics
mɪˈkænɪks
nix
nɪks
Nyx
nɪks
onyx
ˈɒnɪks
phenix
ˈfiːnɪks
phoenix
ˈfiːnɪks
phonics
ˈfɒnɪks
photonics
fəʊˈtɒnɪks
technics
ˈtɛknɪks
UNIX
ˈjuːnɪks
vernix
ˈvɜːnɪks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IRENICS

ire
Ire.
ireful
irefully
irefulness
Ireland
ireless
Irene
irenic
irenical
irenically
irenicism
irenicon
irenology
Ireton
Irian Barat
Irian Jaya
irid
iridaceous
iridal

WORDS THAT END LIKE IRENICS

animatronics
autogenics
biomechanics
cacogenics
calisthenics
callisthenics
consumer electronics
cryogenics
dysgenics
eugenics
euthenics
fluid mechanics
harmonics
mechatronics
microelectronics
quantum electronics
quantum mechanics
sonics
tectonics
transgenics

Synonyms and antonyms of irenics in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «irenics» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IRENICS

Find out the translation of irenics to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of irenics from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «irenics» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

irenics
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

irenismo
570 millions of speakers

English

irenics
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

irenics
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

irenics
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

irenics
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

irenics
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

irenics
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

irénisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Irenik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Irenik
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

irenics
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

irenics
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Irene
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

irenics
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

irenics
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

र्यिनिक्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

irenics
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

irenismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

irenics
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

irenics
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

irenics
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

irenics
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

irenics
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

irenics
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

irenics
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of irenics

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IRENICS»

The term «irenics» is barely ever used and occupies the 195.032 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IRENICS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about irenics

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IRENICS»

Discover the use of irenics in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to irenics and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Irenics: A Series of Essays (1883)
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
James Strong, 2010
2
Irenics and Polemics: With Sundry Essays in Church History
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Leonard Woolsey Bacon, 2012
3
Irenics and Polemics: With Sundry Essays in Church History
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Bacon Leonard Woolsey 1830-1907, HardPress, 2013
4
After Modernity-- What?: Agenda for Theology
The sister discipline that once neatly complemented and toned down polemics was irenics, from the lovely Creek word for peaceful, eirenikos. While polemics tried to mark out the borders of Christianity, irenics talked about the conditions for  ...
Thomas C. Oden, 1992
5
Irenics; a Series of Essays Showing the Virtual Agreement ...
Subtitle: A Series of Essays Showing the Virtual Agreement Between: I. Science and the Bible.
James Strong, 2009
6
Standard Texts on the Social Market Economy: Two Centuries ...
Chapter. III. The. Interdependence. of. the. Various. Systems. Social. Irenics. Alfred. Miiller-Armack. 1950. The Possibility of Establishing a Social Concept embracing different Creeds and Ideologies If at some time in the future an attempt were ...
Horst Friedrich Wünsche, 1982
7
The Tomb of Jesus and His Family?: Exploring Ancient Jewish ...
Polemics,. Irenics,. and. the. Science. of. Biblical. Research. James H. Charlesworth The Jerusalem symposium, whose proceedings are now published , focused on ancient Jewish tombs and burial practices in Judea and Galilee. Our attention ...
James H. Charlesworth, 2013
8
Scientists as Prophets: A Rhetorical Genealogy
Irenics": Prophetic. Dialogue. with. the. Oracles. of. Science. “Who Speaks for Earth?" the final episode of Cosmos, is also its most stridently prophetic. It opens with starry space and a voice-over of Sagan reading Deuteronomy 30:15, in which ...
Lynda Walsh, 2013
9
Rembrandt's Faith: Church and Temple in the Dutch Golden Age
Collegiants,. Irenics,. Millenarians. Another major dispute, known as the Lammerenkrijg (The War of the Lambs), broke out among the Mennonites in the second half of the seventeenth century. The Mennonite leader of the Flemish Lamists, ...
Shelley Perlove
10
Church Quarterly Review
Some of the older writers distinguish between ' Irenics ' and ' Henotics.' ' Irenics ' is a plural of irenic, an adjective from the Greek elpriviKOf, peaceful, pacific. ' Henotics ' is a plural of henotic, from the Greek ivanKos, serving to unite, unifying.
‎1912

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IRENICS»

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A Thicker Kind of Mere
... with Karl Barth, that one cannot have dogmatics without polemics, but he would have likely added that the other side of polemics is irenics. «First Things, May 15»
2
"Sacramentum Caritatis" and Liturgical Beauty
... these other priorities such as ecumenism or reaching out to Islam will be shallow and hollow affairs based on false irenics and empty rhetoric. «Zenit News Agency, Mar 07»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Irenics [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/irenics>. May 2024 ».
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