appeasement
Britishnoun
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the policy of acceding to the demands of a potentially hostile nation in the hope of maintaining peace
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the act of appeasing
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A classic example of appeasement is the Munich Pact of 1938, negotiated between Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler. Chamberlain, the prime minister of Britain, allowed Hitler to annex part of Czechoslovakia to Germany.
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For one thing, her girl’s request to get a hamster and Linda’s weary appeasement just rings all too true.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
Unfortunately, Burns’s strategy of partial appeasement still spelled economic misfortune.
From Slate • Sep. 5, 2025
People in all parts of government, industry and education are going with a strategy of appeasement, trying to get by.
From Salon • Jan. 28, 2025
“I am saying now that I am going to work for appeasement, for conditions that will allow the country to be peaceful … let’s all hold inclusive discussions before we go to elections,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024
Instead of resisting Nazi Germany’s demands, France and Britain followed a policy of appeasement; by giving in to Hitler’s lesser demands, they hoped to avoid greater demands in the future.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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