'appeasement' definitions:
Definition of 'appeasement'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) [syn: appeasement, calming]
Synonyms of 'appeasement'
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- abatement,
- allayment,
- alleviation,
- analgesia,
- anesthesia,
- anesthetizing,
- assuagement,
- atonement,
- balance of power,
- brinkmanship,
- calming,
- coexistence,
- colonialism,
- compromise,
- conciliation,
- containment,
- deadening,
- detente,
- deterrence,
- diminishment,
- diminution,
- diplomacy,
- diplomatic,
- diplomatics,
- dollar diplomacy,
- dollar imperialism,
- dulcification,
- dulling,
- ease,
- easement,
- easing,
- easing of relations,
- Eisenhower Doctrine,
- expansionism,
- foreign affairs,
- foreign policy,
- good-neighbor policy,
- imperialism,
- internationalism,
- isolationism,
- lessening,
- lulling,
- manifest destiny,
- mediation,
- militarism,
- mitigation,
- mollification,
- Monroe Doctrine,
- nationalism,
- neocolonialism,
- neutralism,
- Nixon Doctrine,
- nonresistance,
- numbing,
- open door,
- open-door policy,
- pacification,
- palliation,
- peace offensive,
- peace-keeping force,
- peaceful coexistence,
- peacemaking,
- peacemongering,
- placability,
- placation,
- preparedness,
- propitiation,
- reduction,
- relaxation of tension,
- relief,
- remedy,
- salving,
- shirt-sleeve diplomacy,
- shuttle diplomacy,
- softening,
- soothing,
- spheres of influence,
- subduement,
- the big stick,
- tough policy,
- tranquilization,
- Truman Doctrine,
- United Nations troops,
- world politics