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appeasement

/ əˈpiːzmənt /

noun

  1. the policy of acceding to the demands of a potentially hostile nation in the hope of maintaining peace
  2. the act of appeasing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

appeasement

  1. A political policy of conceding to aggression by a warlike nation.
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Notes

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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Example Sentences

This appeasement came at a dire cost, ultimately allowing secessionism to gain serious currency among his Southern colleagues.

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