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DIPLOMACY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Subtly skillful handling of a situation
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 affairs
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 nations
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)
