diplomacy
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Etymology [edit]
From French diplomatie, from Latin as if *diplomatia, from diploma (“letter of recommendation or authority”); see diploma.
Noun [edit]
diplomacy (plural diplomacies)
- The art and practice of conducting international relations by negotiating alliances, treaties, agreements etc., bilaterally or multilaterally, between states and sometimes international organisms, or even between policies with varying status, such as those of monarchs and their princely vassals
- National diplomacy typically deploys its dexterity to secure advantage for one's nation.
- Tact and subtle skill in dealing with people so as to avoid or settle hostility.
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Translations [edit]
art of conducting international relations
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tact and subtle skill in dealing with people
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External links [edit]
- diplomacy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- diplomacy in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
