The road of appeasement is not the road to peace, but is surrender on the installment plan (New York Times).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
pease — ap·pease; ap·pease·ment; pease; … English syllables
appeasement — ap·pease·ment … English syllables
Appeasement — Ap|pease|ment 〈[əpi:zmənt] n.; s; unz.; Pol.〉 Beschwichtigung(spolitik) [engl.] * * * Ap|pease|ment [ə pi:zmənt , …mɛnt ], das; [s] [engl. appeasement < frz. apaisement = Beschwichtigung, zu: apaiser = beruhigen, besänftigen, zu altfrz. pais … Universal-Lexikon
appease — ap|pease [ ə piz ] verb transitive 1. ) to give your opponents what they want: By failing to condemn the march, she was appeasing left wing elements in the party. 2. ) to say or do something in order to make someone feel less angry: PLACATE ╾… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
appease — ap•pease [[t]əˈpiz[/t]] v. t. peased, peas•ing 1) to bring to a state of calm; pacify: to appease an angry king[/ex] 2) to satisfy; relieve: The fruit appeased his hunger[/ex] 3) gov to yield to the demands of in a conciliatory effort, sometimes… … From formal English to slang
Appeasement — Ap*pease ment, n. The act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased; pacification. Hayward. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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 — Ap|pease|ment 〈 [əpi:z ] n.; Gen.: s; Pl.: unz.〉 Beschwichtigungspolitik, Politik des Nachgebens [Etym.: engl., »Beschwichtigung«] … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
Appeasement — Ap|pease|ment [ə pi:zmənt] das; s <aus engl. appeasement »Beruhigung, Beschwichtigung« zu peace »Frieden«, dies über altfr. pais aus gleichbed. lat. pax> Haltung der Nachgiebigkeit; Beschwichtigung[spolitik] … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
Appeasement — Ap|pease|ment [ɛ pi:smɛnt ], das; [s] <englisch> (nachgiebige Haltung, Beschwichtigungspolitik) … Die deutsche Rechtschreibung
