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DIPLOMACY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Subtly skillful handling of a situationplay

Synonyms:

delicacy; diplomacy; discreetness; finesse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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 2

Meaning:

Wisdom in the management of public affairsplay

Synonyms:

diplomacy; statecraft; statesmanship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Negotiation between nationsplay

Synonyms:

diplomacy; diplomatic negotiations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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)

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