appeasement (noun)
1appeasement — appease ► VERB ▪ placate (someone) by agreeing to their demands. DERIVATIVES appeasement noun appeaser noun. ORIGIN Old French apaisier, from pais peace …
2appeasement — (n.) mid 15c., pacification, from M.Fr. apeisement, O.Fr. apaisement appeasement, calming, noun of action from apaisier (see APPEASE (Cf. appease)). First recorded 1919 in international political sense; not pejorative until failure of Chamberlain …
3appeasement — noun /əˈpɪiz.mənt/ The state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace. This decision is the end of any attempts at appeasement in our land; the end of urging us to get along with the dictators, the end… …
4appeasement — I noun accommodation, adjustment, allayment, amends, assuagement, calming, conciliation, deadening, detente, dulcification, dulling, mitigation, mollification, pacification, placation, propitiation, rapprochement, reconcilement, reconciliation,… …
5appeasement — noun (C, U) the act of trying to persuade someone not to attack you or to make them less angry by giving them what they want: Chamberlain s policy of appeasement towards Hitler in the 30s …
6appeasement — noun a policy of appeasement Syn: conciliation, placation, concession, pacification, propitiation, reconciliation; fence mending Ant: provocation …
7appeasement behaviour — noun (animal behaviour) Submissive behaviour of an animal in an attempt to inhibit attack by a potential aggressor • • • Main Entry: ↑appease …
8appeasement — noun see appease …
9appeasement — noun the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) • Syn: ↑calming • Hypernyms: ↑social control • Hyponyms: ↑pacification, ↑mollification, ↑placation, ↑conciliation …
10appease — transitive verb (appeased; appeasing) Etymology: Middle English appesen, from Anglo French apeser, apaiser, from a (from Latin ad ) + pais peace more at peace Date: 14th century 1. to bring to a state of peace or quiet ; calm …
