diplomacy
Syllables: di·plo·ma·cyUK/dɪˈpləʊməsi//dɪˈploʊməsi/
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diplomacy noun: the art and practice of conducting international relations by negotiating alliances, treaties, agreements etc., bilaterally or multilaterally, between states and sometimes international organizations, or even between polities with varying status, such as those of monarchs and their princely vassals.
Noun
diplomacy (countable and uncountable, plural diplomacies)
- The art and practice of conducting international relations by negotiating alliances, treaties, agreements etc., bilaterally or multilaterally, between states and sometimes international organizations, 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.
- Admiral Hackett: Hell of a thing you just pulled off, Commander. Curing the genophage? I never thought I'd see the day.
Shepard: Wrex has agreed to help the turians, Admiral. We should get their full support.
Admiral Hackett: And the salarians? How did you manage to get them on board?
Shepard...2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2
- Synonyms:
- statesmanship, statecraft
- Tact and subtle skill in dealing with people so as to avoid or settle hostility.
- As I was talking with many relatives I have in this town I got assaulted with intense probing of whom I was married to, then who is your girlfriend, then it was what do you do for a job? Most of these relatives don't know I'm gay and deflecting these questions put to the test the art of diplomacy.1983 August 13, Ray Thomas, “Rural Canada”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 5, page 5
diplomacy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
diplomacy in Hindi
- art of conducting international relations
- कूटनीति kūṭnīti, राजनय rājnay
diplomacy in Tamil
- அணுகு உத்தி, திறன், அரசியல் செயலாட்சி நயம், சூழ்ச்சித் திற நயம், செயலாண்மைத் திறன், செயலாண்மைத் திறம்
diplomacy in Marathi
- मुत्सद्देगिरी, मुत्सद्दीगिरी, मुत्सद्दीपणा
diplomacy in Urdu
- art of conducting international relations
- سِفارَت sifārat, سِفارَت کاری sifārat kārī
More languagesFewer languages
- diplomacy in Bengali
- কূটনীতি kuṭniti
- diplomacy in Telugu
- దౌత్యం, దౌత్యశాస్త్రం, దౌత్యము
- diplomacy in Malayalam
- നയതന്ത്രം
- diplomacy in Kannada
- ಆಳ್ವಕೆಯ ಬೆಚ್ಚರಿಕೆ, ರಾಜನೀತಿ ತಂತ್ರ, ರಾಜತಾಂತ್ರಿಕತೆ, ದೌತ್ಯ
- diplomacy in Punjabi
- ਨੀਤੀ nītī
- diplomacy in Gujarati
- મુત્સદ્દીગીરી, કૂટનીતિ, રાજદ્વારીતા
- diplomacy in Nepali
- कुटनीति
- diplomacy in Tagalog
- palatalastasan
- diplomacy in Arabic
- دِبْلُومَاسِيَّة diblūmāsiyya
- diplomacy in Malay
- diplomasi
- diplomacy in Thai
- การทูต gaan-tûut
- diplomacy in Vietnamese
- ngoại giao
- diplomacy in Myanmar
- သံခင်းတမန်ခင်း samhkang:ta.manhkang:
Examples of diplomacy in a sentence
- Joint NATO maneuvers are as much an exercise in diplomacy as in tactics and logistics.
- Hey, I get it — interpersonal diplomacy can be challenging. But we must at least try.
- At that stage of the game it was too late for diplomacy.
Synonyms of diplomacy
Forms of diplomacy
| plural | diplomacies |
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Origin of diplomacy
From French diplomatie, a back-formation from diplomatique, ultimately from Latin diploma (“a letter of recommendation or authority”); see diploma.
Words formed from diplomacy
- bamboo diplomacy
- checkbook diplomacy
- chequebook diplomacy
- citizen diplomacy
- commodity diplomacy
- debt trap diplomacy
- defence diplomacy
- dollar diplomacy
- gastro-diplomacy
- gastrodiplomacy
- guerrilla diplomacy
- gunboat diplomacy
- hostage diplomacy
- panda diplomacy
- ping-pong diplomacy
- public diplomacy
- shuttlecock diplomacy
- shuttle diplomacy
- Twiplomacy
- vaccine diplomacy
Questions about diplomacy
- What does diplomacy mean?
- Diplomacy means the art and practice of conducting international relations by negotiating alliances, treaties, agreements etc., bilaterally or multilaterally, between states and sometimes international organizations, or even between polities with varying status, such as those of monarchs and their princely vassals.
- What is diplomacy in Hindi?
- Diplomacy in Hindi is कूटनीति (kūṭnīti), राजनय (rājnay). See Diplomacy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is diplomacy?
- Diplomacy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce diplomacy?
- Diplomacy is pronounced /dɪˈpləʊməsi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of diplomacy?
- The plural of diplomacy is diplomacies.
Words near diplomacy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: diplomacy (page history and authors); diplomacy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); diplomacy (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diplomacy (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diplomacy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); diplomacy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਨੀਤੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); diplomacy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diplomacy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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