appeasement
/əˈpiːz.mənt/
appeasement noun: the state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace.
Noun
appeasement (countable and uncountable, plural appeasements)
- The state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace.
- 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 with tyranny and the forces of oppression.1941, Roosevelt, Franklin, White House Correspondents' Dinner
- Senator, Saturday on television, you said that you had always thought that Quemoy and Matsu were unwise places to draw our defense line in the Far East. Would you comment further on that, and also address to this question: couldn't a pull-back from those islands be interpreted as appeasement?1960 October 7, Edward P. Morgan, 50:55 from the start, in Presidential Candidates Debate, via C-SPAN
appeasement meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Arabic
appeasement in Hindi
- policy of giving in to demands
- तुष्टीकरण tuṣṭīkraṇ
appeasement in Urdu
- دِلاسا, ڈھارَس, تَشفی, طَمانِیَت
appeasement in Malayalam
- pacification, conciliation, placation
- പ്രീണനം, തൃപ്തിവരുത്തൽ, പ്രസാദിപ്പിക്കൽ, പ്രീണിപ്പിക്കൽ, സന്തോഷിപ്പിക്കൽ, ഹർഷണ
- satisfaction, fulfilment, gratification
- തൃപ്തിപ്പെടുത്തൽ, പൂരണം, നിറവേറ്റൽ, പരിതർപ്പണം, ആപ്യായനം, പ്രസാദിപ്പിക്കൽ
appeasement in Arabic
- policy of giving in to demands
- تَسْوِيَة taswiya
More languagesFewer languages
- appeasement in Persian
- مماشات momâšât
- appeasement in Vietnamese
- chính sách nhân nhượng
Forms of appeasement
| plural | appeasements |
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Origin of appeasement
From Middle English appesement, from Old French apaisement.
Words formed from appeasement
Questions about appeasement
- What does appeasement mean?
- Appeasement means the state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace.
- What is appeasement in Hindi?
- Appeasement in Hindi is तुष्टीकरण (tuṣṭīkraṇ). See Appeasement meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is appeasement?
- Appeasement is a noun.
- How do you pronounce appeasement?
- Appeasement is pronounced /əˈpiːz.mənt/.
- What is the plural of appeasement?
- The plural of appeasement is appeasements.
Words near appeasement in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: appeasement (page history and authors); appeasement (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); appeasement (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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