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noun
1.
the conduct by government officials of negotiations and other relations between nations.
2.
the art or science of conducting such negotiations.
3.
skill in managing negotiations, handling people, etc., so that there is little or no ill will; tact: Seating one's dinner guests often calls for considerable diplomacy.
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Diplomacy
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Example Sentences
- International politics and diplomacy has brought to where we are today.
- She was referring to preparations for her daughter's big day, not high-stakes diplomacy.
- Human nature is not perfect and diplomacy seeks to address these issues.
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Word Origin & History
diplomacy
1796, from Fr. diplomatie, formed from diplomate "diplomat" (on model of aristocratie from aristocrate), from L. adj. diplomaticos, from diploma (gen. diplomatis) "official document conferring a privilege" (see diploma; for sense evolution, see
EXPAND diplomatic). The English use of diplomat dates from 1813.
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