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irenology en · NOUN

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εἰρήνη (eirḗnē, “peace”) + -logy.

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) The study of peace.
    • As one of China's most important non-official think tanks on diplomacy and international relations, the Charhar Institute has been focusing on public diplomacy and irenology since its establishment in October 2009. 2016, Chenyang Li, Myanmar: Reintegrating into the International Community:
    • Up to now, the irenological perspective has only been dealt with in passing. Just as for polemology, irenology must be systematically pursued as a necessary complement to what has so far been the exclusively polemological orientation of research. Peace itself, and different forms of peaceful coexistence, must be subjected to a greater degree of systematic documentation and analysis. 2002, C. Scherrer, Structural Prevention of Ethnic Violence, →ISBN, page 76:

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Antonyms

polemology

Relateds

irenic · irenics