irenics

From irenic +‎ -s.

irenics (uncountable)

1. Synonym of irenicism (“behaviour or belief that tends to resolve disputes between denominations or religions”).

   Antonym: polemics

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “irenics”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “irenics”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• resinic, sericin, sirenic