Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An act of appeasing.
- noun The condition of being appeased.
- noun The policy of granting concessions to potential enemies to maintain peace.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased, or in peace; pacification.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased; pacification.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
appeased ; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)
Etymologies
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Examples
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No more than Shrub knows the meaning of the term appeasement, but hey, it's a 'big word' so why not give it a try.
McCain Responds: Americans Have "Every Reason To Doubt" Whether Obama Can Keep Us Safe 2009
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Historically, the term appeasement is most often associated with the German city of Munich.
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And that despite what you call appeasement and what the cabinet would call building a coalition.
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Cold War, the -- the Dennis Ross policy of seeking wh -- what I call appeasement and what everyone else calls land for peace, some kind of compromise and accommodation, has been pursued.
The Abolition of Britain: From Winston Churchill to Princess Diana 2000
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The next time Republicans feel the urge to use the word "appeasement," they might first take a close look at the record.
News - chicagotribune.com Steve Chapman 2012
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Being associated with Obama's failing foreign policy of appeasement is hardly something that will keep Hillary in the forefront of future Presidential contenders.
Clinton: Obama has proven his toughness, international savvy 2009
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We have been in appeasement mode with Kim Jong since the Clinton years.
North Korea 2009
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We have been in appeasement mode with Kim Jong since the Clinton years.
North Korea 2009
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Secondly one is firmly left with the sense that the Conservative party is only too willing to engage in appeasement (and it, of all parties, ought to know where that leads) of what it perceives to be Muslim opinion, no doubt with an eye on the same sort of short-term political advantage that Smith has evinced.
Archive 2009-02-08 2009
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Secondly one is firmly left with the sense that the Conservative party is only too willing to engage in appeasement (and it, of all parties, ought to know where that leads) of what it perceives to be Muslim opinion, no doubt with an eye on the same sort of short-term political advantage that Smith has evinced.
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