Synonyms for diplomacy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-ploh-muh-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈploʊ mə si |
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Définition of diplomacy
Origin :- 1796, from French diplomatie, formed from diplomate "diplomat" (on model of aristocratie from aristocrate), from Latin adjective diplomaticos, from diploma (genitive diplomatis) "official document conferring a privilege" (see diploma; for sense evolution, see diplomatic).
- It is obvious to any one who has been in charge of the interests of his country abroad that the day secrecy is abolished negotiations of any kind will become impossible. [Jules Cambon, "The Diplomatist" (transl. Christopher Rede Turner), 1931]
- noun tact
- Calmness, justice, and consideration should characterize our diplomacy.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Instead of this, it was the aim of our diplomacy to dissipate the opposition.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- It was more; it was a mistake, a flaw in her diplomacy; for Calendar intercepted it.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- I hoped, however, that diplomacy might still save us all sorts of a nasty row.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- And under my eyes, Mexico is killed by diplomacy and by diplomats.
- Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
- Diplomacy, my dear, is one of the necessary elements of life.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Those years of experience already mentioned had taught her diplomacy.
- Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- To what purpose was her diplomacy, her insincerity, her continued repression of vigour?
- Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster
- At their showin' up Enright begins to onkiver his diplomacy.
- Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis
Antonyms for diplomacy
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