The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
placating — adjective intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich placating (or placative) gestures an astonishingly placatory speech • Syn: ↑appeasing, ↑placative, ↑placatory … Useful english dictionary
placating — adj. placative, conciliatory, serving to pacify, placatory, appeasing pla·cate || pleɪ keɪt /plÉ™ keɪt v. appease, satisfy; conciliate, reconcile; calm, pacify, comfort … English contemporary dictionary
placatingly — adverb in a placating manner Jenny smiled placatingly • Derived from adjective: ↑placating * * * adverb Etymology: from placating, gerund of placate + ly : in a placating manner … Useful english dictionary
New Left — Herbert Marcuse, associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory, is celebrated as the Father of the New Left .[1] The New Left was a term used mainly in the United Kingdom and United States in … Wikipedia
Tactical politics — deals with politics from a strategic perspective. Basically, it is the study of how politics are invented, and used to obtain some given objective.This article covers some of these techniques as seen in history and the present day. Politics and… … Wikipedia
placate — [[t]pləke͟ɪt, AM ple͟ɪkeɪt[/t]] placates, placating, placated VERB If you placate someone, you do or say something to make them stop feeling angry. [FORMAL] [V n] He smiled, and made a gesture intended to placate me... [V ing] I didn t mean to… … English dictionary
placate — UK [pləˈkeɪt] / US [ˈpleɪkeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms placate : present tense I/you/we/they placate he/she/it placates present participle placating past tense placated past participle placated formal to stop someone feeling angry or… … English dictionary
appeasing — adjective intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich placating (or placative) gestures an astonishingly placatory speech • Syn: ↑placating, ↑placative, ↑placatory … Useful english dictionary
placative — adjective intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich placating (or placative) gestures an astonishingly placatory speech • Syn: ↑appeasing, ↑placating, ↑placatory … Useful english dictionary
placatory — adjective intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich placating (or placative) gestures an astonishingly placatory speech • Syn: ↑appeasing, ↑placating, ↑placative … Useful english dictionary
