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appeasable

Meanings
  • adjective

    Capable of being appeased or calmed; satisfiable.

Rhymes
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easable , reasonable , forsakeable
Variants
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appeasable , appease , appeased , appeaser , appeasers , appeases , appeasing
Etymology
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From the past participle of appease.

Trivia
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  1. The term 'appeasable' is often used in political contexts to describe a group or individual that can be influenced or swayed.

  2. In psychology, the term 'appeasement' is used to describe a response to aggression in which one party gives in to the demands of the other in order to prevent further conflict.

  3. The word 'appeasable' comes from the Latin word 'pacare', which means 'to make peaceful'.

Related Concepts
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  1. appeasement: An act or policy of trying to appease someone or appease a feeling or situation.

  2. appease: To make (someone) calm or quiet, typically by giving in to their demands.

Quotes
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  1. The California legislature's solution to this seemingly intractable problem was a politically appealing package with features to "appease" both utility investors and ratepayers.

    - Benjamin A. Holden,{it}Wall Street Journal{/it},19 Feb. 1997

  2. But I imagine he and his siblings, who profited handsomely from the sale, have mixed emotions. They may be sad they had to sell, yet relieved that they are no longer under pressure to "appease" Wall Street's demand for growth and profits.

    - James Laube,{it}Wine Spectator{/it},31 Mar. 2005

  3. It was last summer, and Gingell, then Sun Microsystems's chief software engineer, had an excuse: His twin-engine Cessna had broken down, and he'd lost track of time while he gabbed on the phone with his mechanic. That wasn't likely to "appease" Sun's famously tart-tongued CEO, Scott McNealy, who was getting his introductory briefing on a vital new technology initiative that happened to be Gingell's brainchild.

    - Erick Schonfeld,{it}Business 2.0{/it},September 2002

  4. The first is that, in affluent America, mothering has gone from an art to a cult, with devotees driving themselves to ever more baroque extremes to "appease" the goddess of perfect motherhood.

    - Judith Shulevitz,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},20 Feb. 2005

How to Memorize "appeasable"

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    - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each word in 'Appeasable' - 'A' for Appeasable, 'P' for Pleasantly, 'P' for Peaceful, 'E' for Easy to Satisfy, 'A' for Appeased, and 'B' for Brings Calm.

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