appeasement (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *appeasement*:
NOUN	act	appeasement, calming	the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)

appeasement > pronunciation
Sounds	ahpiy'zmahnt
Rhymes	abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt...

English > *appeasement*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	The act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of).
Synonym	calming
Narrower	pacification, mollification	The act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined
Narrower	placation, conciliation, propitiation	The act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity
Broader	social control	Control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
Spanish	apaciguamiento, aplacamiento, política de apaciguamiento
Catalan	assossegament, mitigació

HyperDic: appeasement