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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

Advertisement With their accessible language and themes of ecumenicalism, liberal humanism and brotherly love, the Joshua novels became a social phenomenon as well.

From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2015

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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