appeasement

English

Etymology

From Old French apaisement

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈpɪiz.mənt/

Noun

appeasement (countable and uncountable, plural appeasements)

1. The state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace.
   • 1941, Roosevelt, Franklin, White House Correspondents' Dinner:

     This decision is the end of any attempts at appeasement in our land; the end of urging us to get along with the dictators, the end of compromise and the forces of oppression.

Related terms

• appease
• appeaser

Translations

the state of being appeased

• Esperanto: mispacigo
• Persian: مماشات‎ (fa) (momâšât)
• Portuguese: apaziguamento m

• Russian: умиротворе́ние (ru) n (umirotvorénije)
• Spanish: aplacamiento (es) m, apaciguamiento m