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单词 appeasement
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Definition of appeasement in English:

appeasement

noun əˈpiːzm(ə)ntəˈpizmənt
mass noun
  • The action or process of appeasing.

    a policy of appeasement
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If that is not appeasement, I'd like to know what you call it.
    • I think that pacifism and appeasement are the politics of the naive and foolish.
    • They're willing to play chicken, because they've been winning for more than a century, and our appeasements have only whetted their appetites for more concessions.
    • I do not believe in vile acquittals, phony appeasements, easy forgiveness.
    • This is not a time for political accommodation or popular appeasement.
    Synonyms
    conciliation, placation, pacification, propitiation, palliation, allaying, reconciliation
    acquiescence, acceding, concession, accommodation, peace offering, peacemaking, peace-mongering, dovishness
    calming, mollification, soothing
    informal sweetening
    satisfaction, fulfilment, gratification, indulgence, provision
    assuagement, relief, deadening, tempering, quenching, slaking, satiation
 
 

Definition of appeasement in US English:

appeasement

nounəˈpizməntəˈpēzmənt
  • The action or process of appeasing.

    a policy of appeasement
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I do not believe in vile acquittals, phony appeasements, easy forgiveness.
    • I think that pacifism and appeasement are the politics of the naive and foolish.
    • They're willing to play chicken, because they've been winning for more than a century, and our appeasements have only whetted their appetites for more concessions.
    • This is not a time for political accommodation or popular appeasement.
    • If that is not appeasement, I'd like to know what you call it.
    Synonyms
    conciliation, placation, pacification, propitiation, palliation, allaying, reconciliation
    satisfaction, fulfilment, gratification, indulgence, provision
 
 
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