OECUMENISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oecumenism mean? 

• OECUMENISM (noun)
  The noun OECUMENISM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: OECUMENISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OECUMENISM (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 ("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)