Diplomacy
[dɪ'pləʊməsɪ] or [dɪ'ploməsi]
Definition
(n.) The art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations (particularly in securing treaties), including the methods and forms usually employed.
(n.) Dexterity or skill in securing advantages; tact.
(n.) The body of ministers or envoys resident at a court; the diplomatic body.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1].Art of negotiating.[2].Artful management.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Embassy, ministry, ambassadorship, representation, tact, contrivance, management,negotiation, outwitting, circumvention
ANT:Cancel, recall, conge, miscontrivance, mismanagement, maladministration,overvaulting, selfentanglement, selfdefeat, selfstultification
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Definition
n. the art of negotiation esp. of treaties between states: political skill.—n. Diplomat′ic a minister at a foreign court: (pl.) the science of deciphering ancient writings as charters decrees &c.—paleography.—adjs. Diplomat′ic -al pertaining to diplomacy: skilful in negotiation.—adv. Diplomat′ically.—v.i. and v.t. Diplō′matise to practise or effect by diplomacy.—ns. Diplō′matist Dip′lōmat one skilled in diplomacy; Diplomatol′ogy the study or science of diplomatics charters decrees &c.—Diplomatic corps or Corps diplomatique the whole body of foreign diplomatists resident at any court.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The patriotic art of lying for one's country.
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Examples
- The intricate and pretentious art of diplomacy developed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Aren't you in diplomacy? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- At last, men felt, the ranks of diplomacy were broken, the veils of Great Power policy were rent in twain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For years the Turks and Byzantines had intermarried, and hunted in couples in strange by-paths of diplomacy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And so I have never regretted giving up either diplomacy or journalism--two different forms of the same self-abdication. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- And insurrection could clothe itself in the same romantic habiliments as diplomacy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was much scope for diplomacy in this triangle of kings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The fruit of Mrs. Yeobright's diplomacy was indeed remarkable, though not as yet of the kind she had anticipated. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Well, one name is as good as another; but you needn't waste all this diplomacy on me, my friend. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- French, the language of diplomacy. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But now the interest in this game of European diplomacy shifted to Germany. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And then a remarkable thing occurred, a thing very shocking to European diplomacy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Solomon