appeasementn.

/əˈpiːzmənt/

Forms: For forms see appease v.

Etymology: < Old French apaisement, apeisement, noun of action < apaisier : see appease n. and -ment suffix.

1. The action or process of appeasing; pacification, satisfaction.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > [noun]

peasingc1300

appeasement1430

pacification1437

peacemakinga1450

pacifying1474

appeasingc1522

composing1574

pacation1658

peacemongering1853

society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > appeasing, pacifying, or propitiating

likingeOE

queemingeOE

mitigationa1382

pleasinga1382

propitiationa1425

appeasement1430

pacification1437

appeasingc1522

reconcilement1581

placation1589

reflection1607

modificationa1641

commodation1643

pacation1658

conciliation1775

making-up1816

mollification1886

1430 Instruct. Ambass. in Rymer Fœdera (1710) X. 725 To peine hem to th' Appesement of these Werres.

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin xv. 851 For appaisement of their auncient controuersies.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 223 They might possibly sacrifice thereunto..for its Appeasement and Mitigation.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xlii. 433 It is..altogether different to feel hunger and thirst, as states of pain, and to desire or will their appeasement.

†2. The instrumentality or means of appeasing; propitiation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > appeasing, pacifying, or propitiating > means of

propitiation?a1450

appeasement1561

appeasing1561

peace offeringa1607

atonement1752

conciliatory1778

placating1892

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 245 Jesus Christ y^e righteous is the appeasement for our sinnes.

1678 R. Cudworth tr. Pausanias in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 295 To have found out Expiations for wicked Actions..and Appeasments of the Divine Displeasure.

3. The result of appeasing; the state of being appeased; pacification, satisfaction.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [noun]

queemnesseOE

queemc1175

suffisancec1374

pleasingc1400

complacencec1436

resting?a1475

satisfaction1477

happinessa1500

thankfulness1500

contention1516

contentationa1533

contenting1541

satisfiedness1571

content1578

contentedness1581

appeasement1586

contentment1597

heart's content1600

acquiescence1612

pleasedness1626

well-apaidness1633

well-pleasedness1633

complacency1643

acquiescency1646

1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. D.ii ^v The Comedies ..alwayes ended to the ioy and appeasement of all parties.

a1627 J. Hayward Life & Raigne Edward Sixt (1630) 54 They were reduced to some good appeasement.

1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. iii. 109 He has no pleasure in witnessing suffering..he cannot derive the least appeasement from it.

4. Freely used in political contexts in the 20th century, and since 1938 often used disparagingly with allusion to the attempts at conciliation by concession made by Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister, before the outbreak of war with Germany in 1939; by extension, any such policy of pacification by concession to an enemy.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > [noun] > appeasement

appeasement1919

Munich1938

Munichism1941

1919 Gen. Smuts' Messages to Empire: Problem of Peace 14 In our policy of European settlement the appeasement of Germany..becomes one of cardinal importance.

1920 W. S. Churchill Let. 24 Mar. in World Crisis (1929) IV. xvii. 378 Here again I counsel prudence and appeasement. Try to secure a really representative Turkish governing authority, and come to terms with it.

1929 J. M. Keynes in Nation & Athenæum 9 Mar. 782/2 Apart from Russia, Mr. Churchill appears, in a degree to which public opinion has done much less than justice, as an ardent and persistent advocate of the policy of appeasement—appeasement in Germany, in Ireland, in Turkey.

1934 Ld. Lothian Let. in Times 4 May 15/5 A limitation of armaments by political appeasement.

1936 A. Eden in Hansard Commons 5th Ser. CCCX. 1446 I assure the House that it is the appeasement of Europe as a whole that we have constantly before us.

1937 W. K. Hancock Survey Brit. Commonw. Affairs I. 262 Equality and Appeasement, 1926–1936.

1938 Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Year 194/1 Economic appeasement must precede any world-wide political appeasement.

1938 Times 3 Oct. 13/2 The policy of international appeasement must of course be pressed forward... There must be appeasement not only of the strong but of the weak... With the policy of appeasement must go the policy of preparation—preparation not so much for war as against war.

1939 Ann. Reg. 1938 10 One of the new Foreign Minister's first steps was to extend to Germany the methods of appeasement—as the Prime Minister was fond of calling them—which were now being tried with Italy.

1939 New Statesman 29 July 165/1 First, provided that there is a Russian pact, proposals that now smell of appeasement in the most dangerous sense at once become proper and, indeed, the only possible policy.

in extended use.1940 Mind 49 327 Thus objectivity or qualified spatio-temporality is the ‘Lebensraum’ provided for the ‘appeasement’ of the finite actus-potentia.1949 F. Maclean Eastern Approaches iii. iv. 351 Clearly appeasement formed no part of her nature.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	appeasement
释义	appeasementn. /əˈpiːzmənt/ Forms: For forms see appease v. Etymology: < Old French apaisement, apeisement, noun of action < apaisier : see appease n. and -ment suffix. 1. The action or process of appeasing; pacification, satisfaction. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > [noun] peasingc1300 appeasement1430 pacification1437 peacemakinga1450 pacifying1474 appeasingc1522 composing1574 pacation1658 peacemongering1853 society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > appeasing, pacifying, or propitiating likingeOE queemingeOE mitigationa1382 pleasinga1382 propitiationa1425 appeasement1430 pacification1437 appeasingc1522 reconcilement1581 placation1589 reflection1607 modificationa1641 commodation1643 pacation1658 conciliation1775 making-up1816 mollification1886 1430 Instruct. Ambass. in Rymer Fœdera (1710) X. 725 To peine hem to th' Appesement of these Werres. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin xv. 851 For appaisement of their auncient controuersies. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 223 They might possibly sacrifice thereunto..for its Appeasement and Mitigation. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xlii. 433 It is..altogether different to feel hunger and thirst, as states of pain, and to desire or will their appeasement. †2. The instrumentality or means of appeasing; propitiation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > appeasing, pacifying, or propitiating > means of propitiation?a1450 appeasement1561 appeasing1561 peace offeringa1607 atonement1752 conciliatory1778 placating1892 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 245 Jesus Christ y^e righteous is the appeasement for our sinnes. 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Pausanias in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 295 To have found out Expiations for wicked Actions..and Appeasments of the Divine Displeasure. 3. The result of appeasing; the state of being appeased; pacification, satisfaction. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [noun] queemnesseOE queemc1175 suffisancec1374 pleasingc1400 complacencec1436 resting?a1475 satisfaction1477 happinessa1500 thankfulness1500 contention1516 contentationa1533 contenting1541 satisfiedness1571 content1578 contentedness1581 appeasement1586 contentment1597 heart's content1600 acquiescence1612 pleasedness1626 well-apaidness1633 well-pleasedness1633 complacency1643 acquiescency1646 1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. D.ii ^v The Comedies ..alwayes ended to the ioy and appeasement of all parties. a1627 J. Hayward Life & Raigne Edward Sixt (1630) 54 They were reduced to some good appeasement. 1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. iii. 109 He has no pleasure in witnessing suffering..he cannot derive the least appeasement from it. 4. Freely used in political contexts in the 20th century, and since 1938 often used disparagingly with allusion to the attempts at conciliation by concession made by Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister, before the outbreak of war with Germany in 1939; by extension, any such policy of pacification by concession to an enemy. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > [noun] > appeasement appeasement1919 Munich1938 Munichism1941 1919 Gen. Smuts' Messages to Empire: Problem of Peace 14 In our policy of European settlement the appeasement of Germany..becomes one of cardinal importance. 1920 W. S. Churchill Let. 24 Mar. in World Crisis (1929) IV. xvii. 378 Here again I counsel prudence and appeasement. Try to secure a really representative Turkish governing authority, and come to terms with it. 1929 J. M. Keynes in Nation & Athenæum 9 Mar. 782/2 Apart from Russia, Mr. Churchill appears, in a degree to which public opinion has done much less than justice, as an ardent and persistent advocate of the policy of appeasement—appeasement in Germany, in Ireland, in Turkey. 1934 Ld. Lothian Let. in Times 4 May 15/5 A limitation of armaments by political appeasement. 1936 A. Eden in Hansard Commons 5th Ser. CCCX. 1446 I assure the House that it is the appeasement of Europe as a whole that we have constantly before us. 1937 W. K. Hancock Survey Brit. Commonw. Affairs I. 262 Equality and Appeasement, 1926–1936. 1938 Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Year 194/1 Economic appeasement must precede any world-wide political appeasement. 1938 Times 3 Oct. 13/2 The policy of international appeasement must of course be pressed forward... There must be appeasement not only of the strong but of the weak... With the policy of appeasement must go the policy of preparation—preparation not so much for war as against war. 1939 Ann. Reg. 1938 10 One of the new Foreign Minister's first steps was to extend to Germany the methods of appeasement—as the Prime Minister was fond of calling them—which were now being tried with Italy. 1939 New Statesman 29 July 165/1 First, provided that there is a Russian pact, proposals that now smell of appeasement in the most dangerous sense at once become proper and, indeed, the only possible policy. in extended use.1940 Mind 49 327 Thus objectivity or qualified spatio-temporality is the ‘Lebensraum’ provided for the ‘appeasement’ of the finite actus-potentia.1949 F. Maclean Eastern Approaches iii. iv. 351 Clearly appeasement formed no part of her nature. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1430
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