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placated

Meanings
  • Adjective

    Appeased or calmed, especially after being upset or angry.

    - "After the long strike, the workers were finally placated."
    - "The customer was placated with a discount on their purchase."
Antonyms

enrage
Synonyms

appease , conciliate , mollify , propitiate , satisfy
Rhymes
Words rhyming with placated
abated , ebated , fated , gated , hated , mated , rated , stated , waited
Variants
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placate , placated , placater , placaters , placates , placating , placatingly , placation , placations , placative , placatory
Forms
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The past tense and past participle of placate is placated.

Etymology
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From the past participle of placate, from Latin pacatus, past participle of pacare ‘to appease, make peaceful’.

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  1. The word 'placated' comes from the Latin word 'pacatus', which means 'peaceful' or 'calm'.

  2. The term 'placated' was first used in English in the late 15th century.

Related Concepts
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  1. Appeasement: A policy of trying to prevent war by giving in to the demands of an aggressive power, even if it means accepting something unfair.

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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In literature, 'placated' is often used to describe a situation where someone's anger or dissatisfaction has been calmed or appeased. In art, it can be depicted as a peaceful scene or an image of tranquility. In music, it can be used as a theme in songs about reconciliation and forgiveness.

How to Memorize "placated"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a calm and peaceful scene, such as a tranquil lake or a serene forest, to associate with the word 'placated'. Imagine the situation where someone's anger has been calmed or appeased.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'placated' with words like 'appeased', 'calmed', 'satisfied', and 'tranquil'. Think of a situation where someone's anger has been calmed or appeased.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each word in the definition: 'P' is for Placated, 'A' is for Appeased, 'C' is for Calmed, 'A' is for Anger, and 'T' is for Tranquil.

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