statesmanship

English

Alternative forms

• statemanship

Etymology

Etymology tree

English statesman

Proto-Germanic *skapjaną

Proto-Germanic *-skapiz

Proto-West Germanic *-skapi

Old English -sċiepe

Middle English -schipe

English -ship

English statesmanship

From statesman + -ship.

Noun

statesmanship (countable and uncountable, plural statesmanships)

1. The skill of being a good statesman, the ability to perform well in political office.

Synonyms

• statecraft; statism (obs.)

Translations

craft or skill or being a statesman

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 經綸 / 经纶 (zh) (jīnglún), 治國才能 / 治国才能 (zhìguó cáinéng)

• Danish: statsmandskunst c, statskunst c, regeringskunst c
• Dutch: staatsmanschap f
• Finnish: valtiomiestaito
• German: Staatskunst (de) f
• Korean: 국정운영능력 (gukjeong-unyeong-neungnyeok)
• Persian: کشورداری (fa) (kešvardâri)
• Polish: cechy męża stanu nvir pl
• Portuguese: estadística (pt) f
• Romanian: artă de guvernare f
• Spanish: arte de gobernar m
• Tagalog: palabanwahan