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diplomacy
[dih-ploh-muh-see]
noun
the conduct by government officials of negotiations and other relations between nations.
the art or science of conducting such negotiations.
skill in managing negotiations, handling people, etc., so that there is little or no ill will; tact.
Seating one's dinner guests often calls for considerable diplomacy.
diplomacy
/ ɪˈəʊəɪ /
noun
the conduct of the relations of one state with another by peaceful means
skill in the management of international relations
tact, skill, or cunning in dealing with people
Other Word Forms
- nondiplomacy noun
- prediplomacy noun
- superdiplomacy noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of diplomacy1
Word History and Origins
Origin of diplomacy1
Example Sentences
"Now is the time for restraint, calm and a return to diplomacy."
“Normally, I would agree that diplomacy is better than isolating an adversary,” Dr. Gregory H. Stanton, founding president of Genocide Watch, a group that aims to predict and punish targeted mass murder, told Salon.
District Judge Paula Xinis, aggressively challenging the court’s authority by pleading that, “The federal courts do not have the authority to press-gang the President or his agents into taking any particular act of diplomacy.”
But the visit was as much about diplomacy as it was trade, says East Midlands deputy mayor Nadine Peatfield, who attended.
Trump has previously threatened to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities if diplomacy fails to achieve a deal.
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