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mediatory

mediatory

7.8
To help two sides in a conflict reach an agreement
  • adjective
  • /ˈmiːdiəˌtɔri/
  • Formal
translation icon : mediador
  • At the tactical level, interventions by junior soldiers have been important: "Often in United Nations operations, serious escalation in violence has been avoided through the mediatory effort of a young non-commissioned officer or a junior commissioned officer."

Examples

  • The removal of the Indian from the realm of action facilitates the transition of the Creole from a mediatory figure working on behalf of native sovereignty to sovereign himself.

    Academic text (2018)

  • State Duma Speaker Seleznyov, for example, did not rule out a mediatory role for Moscow if "both sides ask us for help."

    Academic text (2003)

  • Another handicap was the absence from the League of the United States, whose mediatory efforts until 1935 were motivated more by jockeying for power and prestige with Argentina than by a desire for peace.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Negotiation and the mediatory activity that goes with it are extended and interconnected processes that encompass the stages of pre-negotiation, negotiation, and the implementation of agreements.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The diplomat took a mediatory approach to help resolve the dispute between the two companies.

  • Her mediatory skills were crucial in facilitating a compromise between the conflicting groups.

  • The organization's mediatory efforts were aimed at achieving a lasting peace agreement in the region.

Synonyms

conciliatory
vsmediatory
20 7.7

Showing a wish to calm people and reduce tension

aims instead to actively arrange agreement between opposing parties
mediational
vsmediatory
1 7.2

That helps people talk and reach an agreement

emphasizes bringing about an agreement rather than describing the process
mediative
vsmediatory
7.4

To help people in an argument talk and reach an agreement

is meant specifically to bring parties to a formal agreement
mediatorial
vsmediatory
  • Formal
9.4

Relating to a person who helps two sides reach an agreement

focuses more on bringing parties to agreement than on personal duties

Antonyms

conflictual
  • Formal
1 8.1

Describing disagreement between people, groups, or inside a person

Surface Forms

mediatory positive

Morphology

mediatory = mediate (transparent) = mediat + ory

The adjective is built regularly from the verb 'mediate' plus the adjective-forming suffix '-ory', so the meaning is straightforward.

Etymology

Mediatory comes from the old root medius, which means 'middle', and you can see the same root in mediate and mediator. A mediatory person or action stands in the 'middle' to help two sides reach an agreement, so the word describes work that brings people together.