diplomacy

Language: en

🇺🇸 /dɪˈploʊməsiː/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The art and practice of conducting negotiations and maintaining relations between nations, typically through official representatives such as ambassadors and envoys.; Skill and tact in dealing with people, especially in sensitive or difficult situations, so as to avoid offending or upsetting them.; The profession, activity, or study of managing international relations and negotiations between states or organizations.; A board game designed by Allan Calhamer in 1954, set in pre-World War I Europe, in which players negotiate and form alliances to control territories.; The body of diplomatic agents or officials collectively; the diplomatic corps.

🔗 Details

Word forms

uncountable

Collocations

shuttle diplomacyquiet diplomacyback-channel diplomacythrough diplomacydiplomacy skillseconomic diplomacy

Derivatives

diplomatdiplomaticdiplomaticallydiplomatical

Synonyms

negotiationstatesmanshiptactfinessestatecraft

Antonyms

confrontationhostilitybluntness

Commonly confused

diplomat
EN: 'Diplomat' is the person who practices diplomacy; 'diplomacy' is the activity or skill itself.
diplomatic
EN: 'Diplomatic' is the adjective form describing something related to or characterized by diplomacy.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the ending is '-cy' (not '-sy'), and note the 'a' before the 'c': diplo-m-a-cy.

💬 Examples

  1. The two countries resolved their border dispute through diplomacy rather than military conflict.

  2. She handled the awkward question with remarkable diplomacy, satisfying both parties without revealing her true opinion.

  3. He pursued a career in diplomacy after graduating from the School of International Relations.

  4. We spent the entire evening playing Diplomacy, and by the end, no one was speaking to each other.

  5. The event was attended by members of diplomacy from over thirty countries.