OECUMENISM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches)

Synonyms:

ecumenism; oecumenism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("oecumenism" is a kind of...):

front; movement; social movement (a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals)

Derivation:

oecumenical (concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions)

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