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eirenicon
/ ɪˈːɪˌɒ /
noun
a proposition that attempts to harmonize conflicting viewpoints
Word History and Origins
Origin of eirenicon1
Example Sentences
In October 1534, however, Helgesen issued an eirenicon in which he attempted to reconcile the two contending confessions.
Thus the Epistle is an eirenicon.
This was an ingenious eirenicon, but it does not seem to satisfy all the philosophers, those namely who feel that intuitions—both intellectual and moral—have a validity, universality, and compelling necessity which cannot be accounted for if they are simply the outcome of race-experience.
Eirenicon, ī-rē′ni-kon, n. a proposal calculated to promote peace.—adj.
He rushed out of the room, and the banging door cut short Mr. Legion's eirenicon.
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