pacification
3
7.7
- noun
- /ˌpæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
pacificación
- Such a strategy is needed in the event of either future negotiations for political normalization or pacification talks between the Spanish government and ETA.
- pacification effort
Examples
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As a consequence, historians extensively studied American pacification efforts during the insurrection.
Academic text (1998) -
Repression may simply galvanize resistance rather than achieve 'pacification and stabilization,' and causation may be difficult to assess.
Blog text (22) -
The government conducted a policy of internal pacification by Protestantization.
Academic text (1992) -
Pacification activities would be expanded aimed at winning the hearts and minds of South Vietnamese peasantry.
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There was considerable disagreement about what form pacification should take, and the idea was afforded more lip service than actual respect.
Academic text (1994) -
In Fiji, as elsewhere, the most significant limitation took the form of enforced pacification.
Academic text (1992) -
For the Salazar dictatorship, propaganda played a crucial role not only in terms of domestic mobilization and pacification but also in the international arena.
Academic text (2017) -
Running on a platform of renewed counterinsurgency and pacification, Arana vowed to end guerrilla operations.
Academic text (2001) -
Kirango Barnaria first performed the masquerades in 1896, and this date roughly coincides with the pacification of the area by the French.
Academic text (1994) -
The government implemented a military strategy for pacification in the region to restore order after the unrest.
Synonyms
24
8.5
Measures by a government to fight armed groups inside a country
Antonyms
- Literature
54
8.4
A planned action by a group, often using weapons or secret actions, to take control from the government
How Violent
- Literature
73
5.6
45
7.2
- Specialized
3
7.7
660
3.2
- Formal
859
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pacification comes from the Latin root pax meaning 'peace' and the verb pacify meaning 'to make peace'. So when a government speaks of a pacification of a region, it literally means 'making it peaceful', which is why the term is used for efforts (even military ones) to end resistance and restore order.