irenology
English
Alternative forms
- eirenology
Etymology
From Ancient Greek εἰρήνη (eirḗnē, “peace”) + -logy.
Noun
irenology (uncountable)
- (rare) The study of peace.
- 2002, C. Scherrer, Structural Prevention of Ethnic Violence, →ISBN, page 76:
- 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.
- 2016, Chenyang Li, Myanmar: Reintegrating into the International Community:
- 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.
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Antonyms
- polemology
Related terms
- irenic
- irenics