placaters
Those who mollify
Placaters are people who try to calm others or defuse conflict by yielding, soothing, or making concessions.
The term often carries a negative edge, suggesting someone who appeases rather than addresses underlying problems: The committee was full of placaters who avoided any real confrontation.
Those who resolve conflicts
- mediatorsConflict resolution facilitators
- appeasersThose who placate aggressors
- soothersThings providing comfort
- conciliatorsThose who restore harmony
diplomats · smoothers · harmonizers · reconcilers · pacifiers · negotiators · people-pleasers · compromisers
Foreign government representatives
- negotiatorsThose who arrange agreements
- ombudsmenOfficials handling public complaints
- spokespersonsOfficial organizational communicators
- public-relationsManaging organizational reputation
liaisons · moderators · facilitators · troubleshooters · conflict-resolution · managers
People in unhealthy mutual reliance
- enablersThose who facilitate harm
- self-sacrificersThose giving up for others
- passiveNot actively participating
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
anxious · fawning · appeasing · non-confrontational · avoidant · deferential · compliant · agreeable
peacemakers
Those who resolve conflicts
- mediatorsConflict resolution facilitators
- appeasersThose who placate aggressors
- soothersThings providing comfort
conciliators · diplomats · smoothers · harmonizers · reconcilers · pacifiers · negotiators · people-pleasers · compromisers · go-betweens
diplomats
Foreign government representatives
- negotiatorsThose who arrange agreements
- ombudsmenOfficials handling public complaints
- spokespersonsOfficial organizational communicators
public-relations · liaisons · moderators · facilitators · troubleshooters · conflict-resolution · managers
codependents
People in unhealthy mutual reliance
- enablersThose who facilitate harm
- self-sacrificersThose giving up for others
- passiveNot actively participating
submissive · anxious · fawning · appeasing · non-confrontational · avoidant · deferential · compliant · agreeable · yielding
placatersagitators
Those who incite disturbance
provocateurs · instigators · troublemakers · rabble-rousers · inciters
placaterschallengers
Those who compete against
aggressors · fighters · hard-liners · resisters · defiers