diplomacy

[ dih-ploh-muh-see ]

/ dɪˈploʊ mə si /

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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.

Origin of diplomacy

1790–1800; < French diplomatie (with t pronounced as s), equivalent to diplomate diplomat + -ie -y³

OTHER WORDS FROM diplomacy

non·di·plo·ma·cy, noun pre·di·plo·ma·cy, noun su·per·di·plo·ma·cy, noun

Words nearby diplomacy

diploic vein, diploid, diploidy, diploma, diploma mill, diplomacy, diplomat, diplomate, diplomatic, diplomatic bag, diplomatic corps

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Those who served abroad were treated with suspicion that they had been infected by European diplomacy.

U.S. Embassies Have Always Been for Sale |William O’Connor |January 2, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
To date, much of the details of the diplomacy and even the interim deal between Iran and the West are shrouded in secrecy.

Republican Hawks Already Have a War Plan for ISIS, Ukraine, and Obama |Eli Lake |November 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Diplomacy with Iran has already made the world a safer place.

It’s Time to Nail the Iran Nuke Deal |Rep. Rush Holt, Kate Gould |October 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Diplomacy may not work if the Foley killing is an example of how ISIS intends to use retaliation for military intervention.

Families of Italian Aid Workers Held by ISIS Fear for Their Lives After Foley's Death |Barbie Latza Nadeau |August 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

[When] the diplomacy culminated in April, there was no Plan B.

Everyone Says John Kerry Should Stay Out of the Middle East |Josh Rogin |July 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And it was even worse for the government of the Republic to be outwitted in diplomacy than beaten in the field.

The Life of John of Barneveld, 1614-23, Volume II. |John Lothrop Motley
She was very unscrupulous in her diplomacy, and did not stick at a lie when an evasion would no longer serve.

A History of England |Charles Oman
The delays of diplomacy are like the delays of law—the estate perishes before the process is at an end.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 |Various
"Yes," the other lady admitted, candour and natural goodness of heart getting the better alike of resentment and diplomacy.

The Far Horizon |Lucas Malet
There is no answering for the diplomacy of Eastern courts; but this explanation seems a little too Machiavellian.

The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for diplomacy

diplomacy

/ (dɪˈpləʊməsɪ) /

noun plural -cies

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

Word Origin for diplomacy

C18: from French diplomatie, from diplomatique diplomatic

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