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public diplomacy

public diplomacy noun: in international relations, any of the various government-sponsored efforts aimed at communicating directly with foreign publics to establish a dialogue designed to inform and influence with the aim that this foreign public supports or tolerates a government's strategic objectives, including the use of propaganda.

Noun

public diplomacy (uncountable)

  1. In international relations, any of the various government-sponsored efforts aimed at communicating directly with foreign publics to establish a dialogue designed to inform and influence with the aim that this foreign public supports or tolerates a government's strategic objectives, including the use of propaganda.
    • Near-synonym: propaganda (sometimes asserted to be synonymous)
    Synonyms:
    propaganda

Synonyms of public diplomacy

Questions about public diplomacy

What does public diplomacy mean?
Public diplomacy means in international relations, any of the various government-sponsored efforts aimed at communicating directly with foreign publics to establish a dialogue designed to inform and influence with the aim that this foreign public supports or tolerates a government's strategic objectives, including the use of propaganda.
What part of speech is public diplomacy?
Public diplomacy is a noun.

Words near public diplomacy in the dictionary

  1. public curiosity
  2. public debt
  3. public debts
  4. public defender
  5. public defenders
  6. public diplomacy
  7. public display of affection
  8. public displays of affection
  9. public domain
  10. Public Domain Day
  11. public domainness

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