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appeasement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | calming |
| Type of | social control |
| Has types | conciliation, mollification, pacification, placation, propitiation |
Examples of appeasement
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May America resolve to build its foreign policy on strength and not appeasement.
From the economist.com
The Xiongnu's new power was met with a policy of appeasement by Emperor Guangwu.
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Government tactics have vacillated between use of extreme force and appeasement.
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President Bush used the word appeasement in his address to the Israeli Knesset.
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They also criticised the film for failing to indict the appeasement of the era.
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So the voices of appeasement were active in sport then, just as they are today.
From the people.co.uk
So, while politicians trade hard words, their instinct for appeasement is strong.
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Yet the new standoff probably ended the Prime Minister's policy of appeasement.
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Supplication is also closely associated with the secular notion of appeasement.
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- The act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)
- (appease) pacify: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
- (appease) quell: overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"
- (appease) propitiate: make peace with
- Appeasement is commonly understood to refer to a diplomatic policy aimed at avoiding war by making concessions to another power.James P. Levy, Appeasement and rearmament: Britain, 1936-1939, Rowman and Littlefield, 2006 It has been described as "... ...
- The state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace
- (appease) To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred); To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of
- (appease) (v.) to calm, satisfy (When Jerry cries, his mother gives him chocolate to appeasehim.)
- (Ap-pease) vt ap-peased; ap-peasing 1 : to bring to a state of peace or quiet : CALM 2 : to cause to subside : ALLAY (~ his hunger) 3 PACIFY, CONCILIATE; esp : to buy off (an aggressor) by concessions usu. at the sacrifice of principles
