The phrase "pacifying effect" is correct and usable in written English.
It refers to the calming or soothing influence that something has on a situation or person. Example: The therapist's gentle voice and calming demeanor had a pacifying effect on the anxious patient, helping them relax and open up.
Nonetheless, Mr. Roth agrees that the 17th-century decline in crime does partly fit Elias's idea of the pacifying effect of the rise of the state.
It could also prove to be a powerful deterrent for future would-be criminals and have a pacifying effect across the whole region a goal that is in the best interest of the United States.Fortunately, some insightful US senators have realised this (as evidenced by recent supportive comments from John McCain and Joseph Biden at Davos).
The in-store fare seems to have a pacifying effect on customers in crowded stores.
The same occurs at Sudbury Valley, and in addition, research at the school suggests that the simple presence of young children has a pacifying effect on older children (Gray and Feldman 2004).
As a minimal attention ratio is required to provoke a conflict, the increasing ratio of 'noise' has a pacifying effect on the system as the likelihood of conflicts to occur declines with the decline of the average attention that one actor can devote to any other actor in the system.
Much of this work has been done by Caprioli, whose analyses have shown that increased domestic gender equity has a pacifying effect on state behavior at an international level [ 26], and that states with higher levels of gender equality are less likely to resort to violence first in resolving international disputes [ 27].
In the first derby since 1940 with two sevillanos in charge and, with the pacifying effects of Antonio Puerta's death still holding, the first derby in years without any trouble.
Enraged at this, and robbed of the pacifying effects of his daily meditation, Tanovo wove giant coconut-fibre baskets and began to remove earth from the mountain.
Eve, the youngest protagonist, though only 12-years-old, symbolises the desensitising and pacifying effects of technology on the modern world.
I wrote a few months ago about controversy in the French film industry regarding the unintended effects of subsidy not least, the bureaucratization of young filmmakers, whose work has often shown its pacifying effects.
Maybe they would, but would you care to risk it?"Believers in the pacifying effects of the drive for European unity acknowledge the contributions to peace in post-war Europe made by American troops and by the spread of prosperity and democracy.
