diplomacy

From French diplomatie, a back-formation from diplomatique, ultimately from Latin diploma (“letter of recommendation or authority”); see diploma.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈpləʊməsi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪˈploʊməsi/

• Audio (CA)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: di‧plom‧a‧cy

diplomacy (countable and uncountable, plural diplomacies)

1. 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

   National diplomacy typically deploys its dexterity to secure advantage for one's nation.

2. Tact and subtle skill in dealing with people so as to avoid or settle hostility.

• gastrodiplomacy

• gastrodiplomacy

• diploma
• diplomat
• diplomatic
• diplomatist
• dollar diplomacy

• statesmanship

• diplomacy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• diplomacy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.