Pacifying and Passive

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Pacifying adjective - Tending to lessen or avoid conflict or hostility.

Usage example: the referee adopted a pacifying tone to try to calm everyone down

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Passive and pacifying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Passive" instead an adjective "Pacifying".

Nearby Words: pacify, pacification, pacified

Passive adjective - Receiving or enduring without offering resistance.

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Pacifying and passive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pacifying" instead an adjective "Passive".

Nearby Words: passivity, passively, passible, passivation

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