pacifier

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English pacify Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English pacifier From pacify + -er.

1. Someone or something that pacifies.

   “Many people have failed to see the political significance of the women's music movement, for they categorize all of music as part of the cultural periphery that distracts people from real social injustices. However, far from being a pacifier, women's music has presented an experience which contrasts with the social inequities of our culture's traditionally male-dominated music.”

2. A rubber or plastic device imitating a nipple that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby.