DIPLOMACY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diplomacy mean? 

• DIPLOMACY (noun)
  The noun DIPLOMACY has 3 senses:

1. negotiation between nations

2. subtly skillful handling of a situation

3. wisdom in the management of public affairs

  Familiarity information: DIPLOMACY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIPLOMACY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Negotiation between nations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

diplomacy; diplomatic negotiations

Hypernyms ("diplomacy" is a kind of...):

dialogue; negotiation; talks (a discussion intended to produce an agreement)

Domain member category:

convention ((diplomacy) an international agreement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diplomacy"):

dollar diplomacy (diplomacy influenced by economic considerations)

gunboat diplomacy; power politics (diplomacy in which the nations threaten to use force in order to obtain their objectives)

recognition (the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country)

shuttle diplomacy (international negotiations conducted by a mediator who frequently flies back and forth between the negotiating parties)

Instance hyponyms:

SALT; Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons)

Derivation:

diplomatic (relating to or characteristic of diplomacy)

diplomatist (an official engaged in international negotiations)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Subtly skillful handling of a situation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

delicacy; diplomacy; discreetness; finesse

Hypernyms ("diplomacy" is a kind of...):

tact; tactfulness (consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense)

Derivation:

diplomatic; diplomatical (using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Wisdom in the management of public affairs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

diplomacy; statecraft; statesmanship

Hypernyms ("diplomacy" is a kind of...):

wisdom; wiseness (the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight)

 Context examples 

You will meet successful people from many walks of life including government, academia, business, publishing and broadcasting, diplomacy, politics, medicine, and law, so January and the months ahead will be stimulating and exciting.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A little diplomacy was needed, but when Holmes understood that the establishment was a bachelor one, and that he would be allowed the fullest freedom, he fell in with my plans and a week after our return from Lyons we were under the Colonel’s roof.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

During that time, you will choose a big goal to work on—write a book, get married, have a child, buy your first house, move cross country or abroad, start a business, or take on a major role in business, politics, diplomacy, or other field.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)