a policy of appeasement

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• Appeasement — is the policy of settling international quarrels by admitting and satisfying grievances through rational negotiation and compromise, thereby avoiding the resort to an armed conflict which would be expensive, bloody, and possibly dangerous. The… …   Wikipedia

• Appeasement-Politik — Der Begriff Appeasement Politik (Beschwichtigungspolitik, von engl. to appease, frz. apaiser, „besänftigen, beschwichtigen, beruhigen“) bezeichnet eine Politik der Zugeständnisse, der Zurückhaltung, der Beschwichtigung und des Entgegenkommens… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• appeasement — [[t]əpi͟ːzmənt[/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) Appeasement means giving people what they want to prevent them from harming you or being angry with you. [FORMAL] He denied there is a policy of appeasement... They have already been accused of… …   English dictionary

• policy — pol|i|cy [ paləsi ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount a set of plans or actions agreed on by a government, political party, business, or other group: It is not the hospital s policy to disclose the names of patients. pursue/operate/implement a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• appeasement — noun (C, U) the act of trying to persuade someone not to attack you or to make them less angry by giving them what they want: Chamberlain s policy of appeasement towards Hitler in the 30s …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• appeasement — noun a policy of appeasement Syn: conciliation, placation, concession, pacification, propitiation, reconciliation; fence mending Ant: provocation …   Thesaurus of popular words

• appeasement — (n.) mid 15c., pacification, from M.Fr. apeisement, O.Fr. apaisement appeasement, calming, noun of action from apaisier (see APPEASE (Cf. appease)). First recorded 1919 in international political sense; not pejorative until failure of Chamberlain …   Etymology dictionary

• appeasement — [ə pēz′mənt] n. 1. an appeasing or being appeased 2. the policy of giving in to the demands of a hostile or aggressive power in an attempt to keep the peace * * * ap·pease·ment (ə pēzʹmənt) n. 1. a. An act of appeasing. b. The condition of being… …   Universalium

• appeasement — [ə pēz′mənt] n. 1. an appeasing or being appeased 2. the policy of giving in to the demands of a hostile or aggressive power in an attempt to keep the peace …   English World dictionary

• appeasement — Synonyms and related words: Eisenhower Doctrine, Monroe Doctrine, Nixon Doctrine, Truman Doctrine, United Nations troops, abatement, allayment, alleviation, analgesia, anesthesia, anesthetizing, assuagement, atonement, balance of power,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• appeasement — noun /əˈpɪiz.mənt/ 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… …   Wiktionary