placate

Meanings

• verb

  appease or calm (someone) by satisfying their demands or desires

• verb

  make (someone) less angry or worried by doing or saying something to please them

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Pronunciation

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2. /pleɪˈkeɪt/
   
   
   
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Antonyms

enrage

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Synonyms

appease , conciliate , mollify , propitiate , satisfy

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with placate
abate , ate , bate , fate , gait , hate , mate , plate , rate , state , wait

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Variants

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placate , placated , placater , placaters , placates , placating , placatingly , placation , placations , placative , placatory

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Forms

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placated, placating, placates

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Etymology

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from the Latin placare ‘make peaceful, appease’, from placa ‘quiet, tranquil’

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Trivia

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1. Placate is a 12-letter word.

2. The term placate is derived from the Latin word placare, which means 'to make peaceful' or 'to appease'.

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Related Concepts

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1. appease: To satisfy the demands or desires of someone in order to calm them or prevent them from becoming angry.

2. mollify: To make someone less angry or worried by doing or saying soothing things.

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Quotes

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1. The first step that women took in their emancipation was to adopt traditional male roles: to insist on their right to wear trousers, not to "placate", not to smile, not to be decorative.

   - Fay Weldon,{it}Harper's{/it},May 1998

2. But it seems important to the Thunderbirds to make a big deal out of this; evidently it "placates" congressmen who don't think the Air Force should be in show biz.

   - Frank Deford,{it}Sports Illustrated{/it},3 Aug. 1987

3. Although Rumsfeld was later thrown overboard by the Administration in an attempt to "placate" critics of the Iraq War, his military revolution was here to stay.

   - Jeremy Scahill,{it}Nation{/it},2 Apr. 2007

4. These spirits inhabited natural objects, like rivers and mountains, including celestial bodies, like the sun and moon. They had to be "placated" and their favors sought in order to ensure the fertility of the soil and the rotation of the seasons.

   - Stephen W. Hawking,{it}A Brief History of Time{/it},1988

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Culture

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In literature, placate is often used to describe someone trying to calm an angry person or group. In art, there are various depictions of placating figures, such as the Virgin Mary holding out her arms to calm the storm. In music, the term placate is not commonly used, but it can be inferred in songs about calming or appeasing emotions.

How to Memorize "placate"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the word placate as a calm and soothing action, such as a person holding out a hand to calm an angry animal or a parent trying to calm a crying child.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word placate with calming actions or soothing words, such as 'calm down' or 'ease tensions'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the word placate as a way to 'place' calmness in a situation.

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