ECUMENISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ecumenism mean? 

• ECUMENISM (noun)
  The noun ECUMENISM has 2 senses:

1. a movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches)

2. (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity

  Familiarity information: ECUMENISM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ECUMENISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

ecumenism; oecumenism

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

ecumenicalism; ecumenicism; ecumenism

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

church doctrine; creed; gospel; religious doctrine (the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group)

Domain category:

Christian religion; Christianity (a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior)

Derivation:

ecumenic; ecumenical (concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions)