different between diplomacy vs sovereignty

English

Etymology

From French diplomatie, a back-formation from diplomatique, ultimately from Latin diploma (“letter of recommendation or authority”); see diploma.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??pl??m?si/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??plo?m?si/
• Hyphenation: di?plom?a?cy

Noun

diplomacy (countable and uncountable, plural diplomacies)

1. 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.

   Synonyms: statesmanship, statecraft

   Hyponyms: dollar diplomacy, gastrodiplomacy

2. Tact and subtle skill in dealing with people so as to avoid or settle hostility.

Derived terms

• dollar diplomacy
• gastrodiplomacy

Related terms

• diploma
• diplomat
• diplomatic
• diplomatist

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Further reading

• diplomacy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• diplomacy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Alternative forms

• soveraigntie (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English sovereynte, from Anglo-Norman sovereyneté, from Old French souveraineté, from soverain.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?v.??n.ti/, /?s?v.??n.ti/

Noun

sovereignty (countable and uncountable, plural sovereignties)

1. Of a polity: the state of making laws and controlling resources without the coercion of other nations.

   Synonyms: autarchy, independence, nationality, nationhood

   • 2019, Manuel Valls, What have Britain and Catalonia got in common? Delusions of independence in the Guardian

     In today’s interconnected economies and societies, a formal independence is the opposite of gaining real sovereignty and control. This is because the excluded party would be absent from the table when decisions are made, unable to participate as choices are taken that, sooner or later, will affect them.

2. Of a ruler: supreme authority over all things.
3. Of a person: the liberty to decide one's thoughts and actions.

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