Diplomacy is an English word with synonyms like wisdom or statecraft. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Diplomacy in a sentence
Diplomacy meaning
- The art and practice of conducting international relations by negotiating alliances, treaties, agreements etc., bilaterally or multilaterally, between states and sometimes international organizations, or even between polities with varying status, such as those of monarchs and their princely vassals.
- Tact and subtle skill in dealing with people so as to avoid or settle hostility.
Synonyms of Diplomacy
Using Diplomacy
- The main meaning on this page is: The art and practice of conducting international relations by negotiating alliances, treaties, agreements etc., bilaterally or multilaterally, between states and sometimes international organizations, or even between polities with varying status, such as those of monarchs and their princely vassals. | Tact and subtle skill in dealing with people so as to avoid or settle hostility.
- Useful related words include: diplomatic negotiations, wisdom, statecraft, statesmanship.
- In the example corpus, diplomacy often appears in combinations such as: diplomacy and, of diplomacy, diplomacy with.
Context around Diplomacy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Diplomacy
- In this selection, "diplomacy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, governmental, public, shuttle, campaigns, consists and professor stand out and add context to how "diplomacy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include advanced diplomacy e g and and technology diplomacy and soft. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "diplomacy" sits close to words such as kidney, omar and puck, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with diplomacy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And, with tact, and diplomacy, you can get it. (9 words)
You need to normalise your diplomacy with your neighbours outside the occidental diplomacy influence. (14 words)
Public Diplomacy Campaigns: Launch public diplomacy campaigns to counter Iranian propaganda and promote narratives of peace, stability, and prosperity. (19 words)
Cited in Michio Kaku & David Axelrod, To Win a Nuclear War: The Pentagon Secret War Plans, Boston: South End Press, 1987, p 64. Michio Kaku and David Axelrod comment on the suggestion: “ Gunboat diplomacy would be replaced by Atomic diplomacy. (40 words)
The WJC Jewish Diplomatic Corps is the flagship diplomacy program of the WJC, and a worldwide network of 300 Jewish professionals from 50 countries acting in the fields of diplomacy and public policy on behalf of world Jewry. (38 words)
An Israeli diplomat delivering greetings in eight languages to audiences around the world in their native tongues is just the beginning of how artificial intelligence can be used as a tool to augment the venerable practice of diplomacy. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
World-renowned diplomacy professor at Oxford University and the Oxford Diplomacy Group; Professor Corneliu Bjola delved into virtual diplomacy during Covid19.
North Korea's foreign policy-related matters are officially apportioned into three parts: governmental diplomacy, multi-party diplomacy and non-governmental diplomacy.
As the recent U.S.-New Zealand joint statement makes clear, the values aspect in New Zealand’s diplomacy remains a priority in its Pacific diplomacy.
But if the Quad is India’s diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific, the SCO represents its diplomacy in the Eurasian landmass.
It would be too much to call it the death of diplomacy, but there certainly is a dearth of diplomacy for now.
You need to normalise your diplomacy with your neighbours outside the occidental diplomacy influence.
Public Diplomacy Campaigns: Launch public diplomacy campaigns to counter Iranian propaganda and promote narratives of peace, stability, and prosperity.
This is grotesque and it results in an even more grotesque military diplomacy, a diplomacy of sanctions and war, of confrontation rather than collaboration.
The WJC Jewish Diplomatic Corps is the flagship diplomacy program of the WJC, and a worldwide network of 300 Jewish professionals from 50 countries acting in the fields of diplomacy and public policy on behalf of world Jewry.
Advanced diplomacy (e.g. in the aptly named game Diplomacy ) consists of making elaborate plans together, with the possibility of betrayal.
Cited in Michio Kaku & David Axelrod, To Win a Nuclear War: The Pentagon Secret War Plans, Boston: South End Press, 1987, p 64. Michio Kaku and David Axelrod comment on the suggestion: “ Gunboat diplomacy would be replaced by Atomic diplomacy.
It was largely through Eugene's diplomacy that in January 1732 the Imperial diet also guaranteed the Pragmatic Sanction which, together with the Treaties with Britain, Russia, and Prussia, marked the culmination of the Prince's diplomacy.
Rather than publicly criticising Mugabe's government, Mbeki chose "quiet diplomacy" over "megaphone diplomacy" – his term for the West's increasingly forthright condemnation of Mugabe's rule.
Shuttle diplomacy While mediation implies bringing disputing parties face-to-face with each other, the strategy of "shuttle diplomacy", where the mediator serves as a liaison between disputing parties, also sometimes occurs as an alternative.
Unlike the Track I diplomacy where government officials, diplomats and elected leaders gather to talk about certain issues, Track II diplomacy consists of experts, scientists, professors and other figures that are not involved in government affairs.
And, with tact, and diplomacy, you can get it.
An Israeli diplomat delivering greetings in eight languages to audiences around the world in their native tongues is just the beginning of how artificial intelligence can be used as a tool to augment the venerable practice of diplomacy.
As you said, I’m the head of the Abba Eban Center for Diplomacy and International Relations at Reichman University in Herzliya, Israel.
Balancing diplomacy between China and the US requires more skill and expertise than I have—I leave this to my political science colleagues.
Beijing is consciously husbanding Diaspora Chinese resources in the fields of leadership, economics, science and technology, diplomacy and soft power.
Common combinations with diplomacy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- diplomacy and 24×
- of diplomacy 21×
- diplomacy with 11×
- diplomacy is 11×
- and diplomacy 10×
- diplomacy in 9×
- diplomacy to 9×
- public diplomacy 7×
- for diplomacy 7×
- the diplomacy 6×