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Antonyms for statecraft
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : steyt-kraft, -krahft |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsteɪtˌkræft, -ˌkrɑft |
Definition of statecraft
- As in politics : noun art and science of administration of government
- As in diplomacy : noun tact
- As in government : noun management, administration
- It was received graciously, and Henry's reply was a masterly piece of statecraft.
- Extract from : « Henry VIII. » by A. F. Pollard
- It is true that statecraft must make human nature its basis.
- Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann
- This reversal is pregnant with a new outlook for statecraft.
- Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann
- That a statecraft might deal with the tariff as an aid to its purposes is evident.
- Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann
- Perhaps he was right; with his statecraft it may well be that he could have done no other than what he did.
- Extract from : « The King's Mirror » by Anthony Hope
- Never was the writer's statecraft unfolded to greater daring.
- Extract from : « The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte » by William Milligan Sloane
- It is statecraft that is wanted, not politics or religious dogma.
- Extract from : « Pan-Islam » by George Wyman Bury
- This was one of the greatest strokes of statecraft ever devised.
- Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 » by Elbert Hubbard
- The instinct of the nation was wiser than the statecraft of the king.
- Extract from : « History of the English People, Volume V (of 8) » by John Richard Green
- You certainly handled the detective with European statecraft.
- Extract from : « The Ghost Breaker » by Charles Goddard
Synonyms for statecraft
- address
- affairs of state
- artfulness
- authority
- backroom
- bureaucracy
- campaigning
- civics
- command
- control
- craft
- delicacy
- delicatesse
- direction
- discretion
- domestic affairs
- domination
- dominion
- electioneering
- empire
- execution
- executive
- expedience
- finesse
- foreign affairs
- governance
- government
- government policy
- guidance
- hat in the ring
- influence
- internal affairs
- jungle
- jurisdiction
- law
- legislature
- matters of state
- ministry
- negotiation
- patronage
- poise
- political practice
- political science
- politics
- polity
- power
- powers-that-be
- predominance
- presidency
- regency
- regime
- regimentation
- regulation
- restraint
- rule
- savoir-faire
- skill
- smoke-filled room
- sovereignty
- state
- statecraft
- stateship
- subtlety
- superintendence
- superiority
- supervision
- supremacy
- sway
- the feds
- Uncle Sam
- union
- Washington
- zoo
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