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pacificatory

UK/pəˈsɪfɪkətɹi/

pacificatory adjective: promoting peace; conciliatory.

Adjective

pacificatory (comparative more pacificatory, superlative most pacificatory)

  1. Promoting peace; conciliatory.
    • This pacificatory move – plus the political credit which he personally enjoyed – helped to stabilize the finances.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 392

Forms of pacificatory

comparativemore pacificatory
superlativemost pacificatory

Origin of pacificatory

From Latin pācificātōrius.

Questions about pacificatory

What does pacificatory mean?
Pacificatory means promoting peace; conciliatory.
What part of speech is pacificatory?
Pacificatory is an adjective.
How do you pronounce pacificatory?
Pacificatory is pronounced /pəˈsɪfɪkətɹi/ (UK).

Words near pacificatory in the dictionary

  1. pacificatingly
  2. pacification
  3. pacifications
  4. pacificator
  5. pacificators
  6. pacificatory
  7. pacificism
  8. pacificisms
  9. pacificist
  10. pacificists
  11. pacificity

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