APPEASEMENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does appeasement mean? • APPEASEMENT (noun)
The noun APPEASEMENT has 1 sense:
1. the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)
Familiarity information: APPEASEMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• APPEASEMENT (noun)
Meaning:
The act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
appeasement; calming
Hypernyms ("appeasement" is a kind of...):
social control (control exerted (actively or passively) by group action)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "appeasement"):
mollification; pacification (the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined)
conciliation; placation; propitiation (the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity)
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