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APPEASEMENT

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 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)play

  Familiarity information: APPEASEMENT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


APPEASEMENT (noun)


Sense 1

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)


 Context examples 


Billee wagged his tail appeasingly, turned to run when he saw that appeasement was of no avail, and cried (still appeasingly) when Spitz’s sharp teeth scored his flank.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)



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