diplomatic

Definition

Concerning the relationships between the governments of countries.

Etymology

From French diplomatique and its etymon New Latin diplōmaticus. By surface analysis, diplomat + -ic.

Example Sentences

• "She spent thirty years working for Canada's diplomatic service."
• "Albania immediately severed diplomatic relations with Zimbabwe."
• "Born in 1950 towards the end of the Stalin era to diplomatic parents, he was educated at the elite Russian Institute of International Relations before ascending to become Russia’s envoy at the UN, where for a decade he lived through the trauma of the collapse of the Soviet Union."