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'''Appeasement''' is the [[policy]] of giving in to the demands of a hostile or aggressive power in an attempt to keep the [[peace]]. <ref>Webster New World Dictionary</ref>
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'''Appeasement''' is the [[policy]] of giving in to the demands of a hostile or aggressive power in an attempt to keep the [[peace]]. <ref>Webster New World Dictionary</ref> The connotation is negative; it is implied that the appeaser not only rewards the aggressor's bad behavior but ultimately fails to preserve the peace anyway.
    
==In History==
 
==In History==
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[[Category:Political Terms]]
 
[[Category:Political Terms]]
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[[Category:Liberal Traits]]
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