Translations for „irenic“ in the English » German Dictionary

irenic ADJ

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irenic form

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Were it that we had acted earlier, and differently, rather than turn our backs on the irenic aspirations of millions.

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I found him a shade too irenic.

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At least one friend encouraged me to take a more irenic tone so that these issues can in fact be discussed.

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That the expression of such anxiety fails to strike an irenic note is hardly surprising, considering that the eternal salvation of souls is at stake.

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Against political talk of "realism", "war on terror", "humanitarian intervention" and the "responsibility to protect", his fundamental point is that the ethic of democratic politics is irenic.

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