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placatory
adjective
intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 9
- Starts with
- P
- Ends with
- Y
- Contains
- LACATOR
- Scrabble score
- 16
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
pləˈkeɪtəɹi
Meaning
Definitions
adjective
intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
“the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich”
In context
Example Sentences
the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich
placating (or placative) gestures
an astonishingly placatory speech
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