pacification
pronunciation
How to pronounce pacification in British English:
UK [ˌpæsɪfɪ'keɪʃn]
How to pronounce pacification in American English:
US [ˌpæsəfɪˈkeʃən]
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- Noun:
- the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined
- a treaty to cease hostilities
- actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
Word Origin
- pacification (n.)
- "a setting at peace," early 15c., from Middle French pacification "act of making peaceful" (15c.), from Latin pacificationem (nominative pacificatio) "a peace-making," noun of action from past participle stem of pacificare "to pacify" (see pacify).
Example
- 1. Real pacification is hard to get in the vietnamese countryside .
- 2. It even created a senior position dedicated to this cause ; the minister of state for pacification of northern uganda .
- 3. It was a socialist prime minister , guy mollet , who in 1956 ordered a campaign of " pacification " against algeria 's nationalists .
- 4. Its object was the religious pacification of bohemia .
- 5. Pacification involves informing the occupied residents about the occupying nation & # 39s policies , and allaying their fears .