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DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Negotiation between nations
Synonyms:
diplomacy; diplomatic negotiations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("diplomatic negotiations" 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 "diplomatic negotiations"):
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)
