Meaning of APPEASEMENT
| Pronunciation: | | up'eezmunt
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| | Definition: | | [n] the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demonds of) |
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| | Synonyms: | | calming |
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| | See Also: | | conciliation, mollification, pacification, placation, propitiation, social control | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ap*pease"ment\, n.
The act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased;
pacification. --Hayward.
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| | Related Terms: | | abatement, allayment, alleviation, analgesia, anesthesia, anesthetizing, assuagement, atonement, balance of power, brinkmanship, calming, coexistence, colonialism, compromise, conciliation, containment, deadening, detente, deterrence, diminishment, diminution, diplomacy, diplomatic, diplomatics, dollar diplomacy, dollar imperialism, dulcification, dulling, ease, easement, easing, easing of relations, Eisenhower Doctrine, expansionism, foreign affairs, foreign policy, good-neighbor policy, imperialism, internationalism, isolationism, lessening, lulling, manifest destiny, mediation, militarism, mitigation, mollification, Monroe Doctrine, nationalism, neocolonialism, neutralism, Nixon Doctrine, nonresistance, numbing, open door, open-door policy, pacification, palliation, peace offensive, peaceful coexistence, peace-keeping force, peacemaking, peacemongering, placability, placation, preparedness, propitiation, reduction, relaxation of tension, relief, remedy, salving, shirt-sleeve diplomacy, shuttle diplomacy, softening, soothing, spheres of influence, subduement, the big stick, tough policy, tranquilization, Truman Doctrine, United Nations troops, world politics |
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