pacifying

  • 1pacifying — adj. freeing from fear and anxiety. Syn: assuasive, calming, soothing. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 2pacifying — index palliative (abating) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3Pacifying — Pacify Pac i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pacified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pacifying}.] [F. pacifier, L. pacificare; pax, pacis, peace + ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Peace}, and { fy}.] To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet;… …

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  • 4pacifying — Synonyms and related words: appeasing, calming, conciliatory, cradling, dreamy, drowsy, gentling, hushing, irenic, lulling, mollifying, pacific, pacificatory, placative, placatory, propitiative, propitiatory, quietening, reconciliatory, restful,… …

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  • 5pacifying — adj. calming; softening; placating, appeasing; bringing peace pac·i·fy || pæsɪfaɪ v. soothe, calm; placate, appease; soften; bring to a state of peace …

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  • 6Chinkon —     Pacifying the soul = [mi]tama shizume. A chin kon sai (matsuri for the pacification or repose of souls) is held in the imperial palace before the daijosai and the rite is practised especially at the Iso no kami jingu, Tenri, Nara. The idea of …

    A Popular Dictionary of Shinto

  • 7Democratic peace theory — (or liberal democratic theory[1] or simply the democratic peace ) is the theory that democracies, for some appropriate definition of democracy, rarely, or even never, go to war with one another. Some have preferred the term inter democracy… …

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  • 9Vipassanā — (Pāli) or vipaśyanā (विपश्यना, Sanskrit) means insight into the impermanent nature, or anicca, of mind and body. Vipassana is one of India s most ancient techniques of meditation, attributed to Gautama Buddha. It is a way of self transformation… …

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  • 10Yasukuni Shrine — Infobox Shinto shrine name = Yasukuni Shrine 靖国神社 caption = The honden or main shrine type = Imperial Shrine dedication = Those who lost their lives while serving Japan founded = June 1869 closed = founder = Emperor Meiji priest = Nanbu Toshiaki… …

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