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ecumenicalism

American  
[ek-yoo-men-i-kuh-liz-uhm, ee-kyoo-] / ˌɛk jʊˈmɛn ɪ kəˌlɪz əm, ˌi kjʊ- /

noun

  1. the doctrines and practices of the ecumenical movement.


Etymology

Origin of ecumenicalism

First recorded in 1945–50; ecumenical + -ism

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He was a humanist who idealistically made ecumenicalism the spiritual and societal center of his life.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 7, 2020

What is inarguable about “Old Town Road” is that it had genre breadth in its bones, the kind of multicultural ecumenicalism that makes its record-setting run at No. 1 seem inevitable.

From Slate Jul. 29, 2019

The new Bartlett’s, published in 1992, reflected Mr. Kaplan’s desire for a cultural ecumenicalism that older editions seemed to lack.

From New York Times Mar. 4, 2014

It helps, significantly, that I grew up in a relatively untroubled period in modern Catholicism — an era of post Vatican II ecumenicalism, progressivism and guitar masses.

From Salon Feb. 12, 2013

He characterizes Southern Baptism as "a healthy, wealthy young lady," wooed by ecumenicalism on one side, nondenominationalism on the other.

From Time Magazine Archive

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