diplomacy
English
Etymology
From French diplomatie, a back-formation from diplomatique, ultimately from Latin diploma (“letter of recommendation or authority”); see diploma.
Pronunciation
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Audio (CA) (file) - Hyphenation: di‧plom‧a‧cy
Noun
diplomacy (countable and uncountable, 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 polities with varying status, such as those of monarchs and their princely vassals.
- Synonyms: statesmanship, statecraft
- Hyponyms: dollar diplomacy, gastrodiplomacy
- 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.
Derived terms
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Translations
art of conducting international relations
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tact and subtle skill in dealing with people
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Further reading
- “diplomacy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “diplomacy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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