appeasement
appeasement Lexical Profile
appeasement Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A diplomatic or political policy of making material or territorial concessions to an aggressive power in order to avoid conflict.
"Historians frequently debate the long-term consequences of the policy of appeasement adopted by European leaders in the late 1930s."
The action or process of pacifying, soothing, or satisfying someone or something, such as anger, a demand, or an appetite.
"The management offered a modest bonus toward the appeasement of the dissatisfied workers."
Word Nuance & Usage
In political and historical contexts, 'appeasement' carries a strongly negative connotation of weakness or cowardly capitulation, largely due to its association with the failed 1930s British and French policy of making territorial concessions to Nazi Germany.
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Word Origin & Etymology
From late Middle English 'appecement', borrowed from Old French 'apaisement', from 'apaisier' ('to bring to peace'), ultimately derived from Latin 'ad-' ('to') and 'pax' ('peace').