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diplomaticness

diplomaticness noun: the quality of being diplomatic.

Noun

diplomaticness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The quality of being diplomatic.
    • Ana[logous]. Diplomaticness or diplomacy, politicness or policy, suavity, urbanity (see corresponding adjectives at suave): *courtesy, amenity, gallantry.[1942, “tact”, in Webster’s Dictionary of Synonyms: A Dictionary of Discriminated Synonyms with Antonyms and Analogous and Contrasted Words, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam Co., →OCLC, page 820...
    • As regards 'pragmatism', this is understood as the practical direction of behaviour to suit situations. To be able to exercise pragmatism, one has to be analytic of the situation. It is, therefore, difficult to distinguish between it and 'diplomacy' or 'diplomaticness'.1983 October, Ifechukude B. Mmobuosi, “The personal characteristics dimension”, in The Problems of the Re-entrant in the Transfer of Learning to Public Service Organizations in Nigeria, Glasgow...

Examples of diplomaticness in a sentence

  • No diplomaticness, no respect, these young people today.”1998, Avatar Prabhu, “The Tao of Power”, in The Revised Kama Sutra: A Novel, Fairfield, Ia.: Sunstar Publishing, →ISBN, part IV (Moksha, or...
  • If you try to talk your way out, increase the "diplomaticness" score.1998 March 25, jem...@geocities.com, “Self-creating games”, in rec.games.design (Usenet), archived from the original on 23 Apr 2025:
  • Polish: *dyplomatyczność protokołu a.’ English: *diplomaticness of the protocol[2014, Bożena Cetnarowska, “To Maximize Polysemy or Homonymy? On Analysing Denominal Adjectives in Polish and English”, in Grzegorz Drożdż...
  • Ha I wouldn't be able to even fake diplomaticness, it's gonna have to be Murph.2014 August 13, Scott Crosby, “ot: new job for crosby?”, in SF2G (Google Groups), archived from the original on 23 Apr 2025:

Synonyms of diplomaticness

Origin of diplomaticness

From diplomatic + -ness.

Questions about diplomaticness

What does diplomaticness mean?
Diplomaticness means the quality of being diplomatic.
How do you use diplomaticness in a sentence?
No diplomaticness, no respect, these young people today.”
What part of speech is diplomaticness?
Diplomaticness is a noun.

Words near diplomaticness in the dictionary

  1. diplomatic services
  2. diplomatical
  3. diplomatically
  4. diplomaticity
  5. diplomatick
  6. diplomaticness
  7. diplomatics
  8. diplomating
  9. diplomatise
  10. diplomatised
  11. diplomatises

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