placationn.

Brit.

/pləˈkeɪʃn/, U.S.

/pləˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French placation; Latin plācātiōn-, plācātiō.

Etymology: < Middle French placation (1522; apparently rare) and its etymon classical Latin plācātiōn-, plācātiō action of placating someone, appeasement < plācāt- , past participial stem of plācāre placate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹; compare -ation suffix. Compare earlier placable adj. 2 and later placate v.

The action of placating someone; appeasement, conciliation; (also) a propitiatory or placatory act.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > appeasing, pacifying, or propitiating

likingeOE

queemingeOE

mitigationa1382

pleasinga1382

propitiationa1425

appeasement1430

pacification1437

appeasingc1522

reconcilement1581

placation1589

reflection1607

modificationa1641

commodation1643

pacation1658

conciliation1775

making-up1816

mollification1886

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. iii. 4 Sacrifices of placation, with inuocations and worship.

1610 Bible (Douay) II. 1 Macc. i. 47 Holocausts and sacrifices, and placations to be made in the temple of God.

1830 J. Douglas Truths Relig. v. 222 Such terms as atonement, placation, expiation.

1884 H. D. Traill New Lucian 109 The Supreme Being is not so savage and childish as to need placation by the steam of victims.

1906 J. London White Fang ii. i. 62 She proceeded to punish him roundly, until he gave over all attempts at placation.

1936 Amer. Anthropologist 38 652 This chant seemed not to involve the placation of angry deities who had harmed the patient, but rather winning the favor of more or less disinterested deities.

1986 Financial Times (Nexis) 1 July 44 Accom[m]odation or placation was surrender, he said. The only effective action was to mobilise and fight.

2002 Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator (Nexis) 27 Nov. a14 Students are becoming increasingly fed up with the placations offered by the government about our future.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	placation
释义	placationn. Brit. /pləˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /pləˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French placation; Latin plācātiōn-, plācātiō. Etymology: < Middle French placation (1522; apparently rare) and its etymon classical Latin plācātiōn-, plācātiō action of placating someone, appeasement < plācāt- , past participial stem of plācāre placate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹; compare -ation suffix. Compare earlier placable adj. 2 and later placate v. The action of placating someone; appeasement, conciliation; (also) a propitiatory or placatory act. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > appeasing, pacifying, or propitiating likingeOE queemingeOE mitigationa1382 pleasinga1382 propitiationa1425 appeasement1430 pacification1437 appeasingc1522 reconcilement1581 placation1589 reflection1607 modificationa1641 commodation1643 pacation1658 conciliation1775 making-up1816 mollification1886 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. iii. 4 Sacrifices of placation, with inuocations and worship. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. 1 Macc. i. 47 Holocausts and sacrifices, and placations to be made in the temple of God. 1830 J. Douglas Truths Relig. v. 222 Such terms as atonement, placation, expiation. 1884 H. D. Traill New Lucian 109 The Supreme Being is not so savage and childish as to need placation by the steam of victims. 1906 J. London White Fang ii. i. 62 She proceeded to punish him roundly, until he gave over all attempts at placation. 1936 Amer. Anthropologist 38 652 This chant seemed not to involve the placation of angry deities who had harmed the patient, but rather winning the favor of more or less disinterested deities. 1986 Financial Times (Nexis) 1 July 44 Accom[m]odation or placation was surrender, he said. The only effective action was to mobilise and fight. 2002 Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator (Nexis) 27 Nov. a14 Students are becoming increasingly fed up with the placations offered by the government about our future. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1589
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