appeasement

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  • Appeasement — is the policy of settling international quarrels by admitting and satisfying grievances through rational negotiation and compromise, thereby avoiding the resort to an armed conflict which would be expensive, bloody, and possibly dangerous. The… …   Wikipedia

  • appeasement — (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 …   Etymology dictionary

  • appeasement — meaning ‘the process of satisfying a potential aggressor’, has had unfavourable overtones since its use in the 1930s with reference to Nazi Germany, and now always carries the implication of making shameful or inadvisable concessions. As late as… …   Modern English usage

  • Appeasement — Ap*pease ment, n. The act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased; pacification. Hayward. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • appeasement — [ə pēz′mənt] n. 1. an appeasing or being appeased 2. the policy of giving in to the demands of a hostile or aggressive power in an attempt to keep the peace * * * ap·pease·ment (ə pēzʹmənt) n. 1. a. An act of appeasing. b. The condition of being… …   Universalium

  • appeasement — I noun accommodation, adjustment, allayment, amends, assuagement, calming, conciliation, deadening, detente, dulcification, dulling, mitigation, mollification, pacification, placation, propitiation, rapprochement, reconcilement, reconciliation,… …   Law dictionary

  • Appeasement — Appeasement,das:⇨Beschwichtigungspolitik …   Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • appeasement — /apˈpizmənt, ingl. əˈpiːzmənt/ [ingl., da to appease «pacificare, calmare»] s. m. inv. (polit.) convivenza pacifica …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • appeasement — (izg. epȋsment) m DEFINICIJA pol. žarg. politika popuštanja zahtjevima potencijalno neprijateljske nacije, države ili skupine s ciljem da se očuva mir (ob. u kontekstu savezničkog popuštanja Hitleru do 1938) ETIMOLOGIJA engl …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • appeasement — [n] satisfaction; pacification abatement, acceding, accommodation, adjustment, alleviation, amends, assuagement, blunting, compromise, concession, conciliation, easing, grant, lessening, lulling, mitigation, moderation, mollification, peace… …   New thesaurus

  • appeasement — [ə pēz′mənt] n. 1. an appeasing or being appeased 2. the policy of giving in to the demands of a hostile or aggressive power in an attempt to keep the peace …   English World dictionary


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