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Mollification
[mɔlifikasjɔ̃]
Définitions de « mollification »
Mollification - Nom commun
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Action de rendre plus doux ou moins sévère.
Dans son discours, le président a opéré une mollification de sa position, rendant ses propos moins intransigeants.
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Étymologie de « mollification »
Du verbe mollifier, provenant du provençal mollificacio, de l'espagnol mollificacion et de l'italien mollificazione.Usage du mot « mollification »
Évolution historique de l’usage du mot « mollification » depuis 1800
Synonymes de « mollification »
Antonymes de « mollification »
Citations contenant le mot « mollification »
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In an attempt at mollification through explanation, I seek to lower the dudgeon. Did I succeed? Oh, Canada! Take this survey and let me know.
The New Yorker — The Cartoon Lounge: Oh, Canada! | The New Yorker -
Civil partnerships were designed as mollification for same sex couples: the very definition of a civil partnership is that it is for LGBT unions.
inews.co.uk — We fought hard for gay marriage. Straight people shouldn't tell us how great civil partnerships are -
Apologies are offered when we fail to do as promised; when our infidelity is discovered; when expectations are not lived up to; and when some form of personal violation has been suggested. So often do we apologize that by now the word may have lost its intended effects. Instead of being a genuine manifestation of the realization and acceptance of fault, an apology may have become a post revelation (or pre-impending revelation) mollification stratagem. It has become nothing more than a cold and calculated way of mitigating the spreading of bull feathers when hitting the fan is imminent.
THE STAR - St Lucia — THE SORRY TRUTH - THE STAR - St Lucia
Traductions du mot « mollification »
Langue | Traduction |
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Anglais | mollification |
Espagnol | molificación |
Italien | mollification |
Allemand | mollifikation |
Chinois | 平息 |
Arabe | التهدئة |
Portugais | molificação |
Russe | успокоение |
Japonais | 軟化 |
Basque | mollification |
Corse | mollificazione |