ecumenicism
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ecumenicism
First recorded in 1960–65; ecumenic(al) + -ism
Example Sentences
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It might leave them out in the name of ecumenicism, of inoffensiveness, of being something for as many people as possible — what an uncharitable person might call the lowest common denominator.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2021
For years, to name-check the Standard was to project a certain image: that you were conservative without being brutish or anti-modern, that you had some ecumenicism and intellectual style.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 3, 2019
President Obama attempted, with mixed results, to redefine American patriotism as an argument for its unique diversity, and its steady inclusion of immigrants, franchisement of minority ethnicities, and ecumenicism of religious devotion.
From Salon • Jun. 16, 2018
According to Dr. Samuel Miller, dean of Harvard Divinity School, ecumenicism has been a major influence in the liturgical revival.
From Time Magazine Archive
This ecumenicism keeps Kreinheder from joining the Roman Catholic Church, which many Lutherans think he might as well do.
From Time Magazine Archive
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