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statecraft

[steyt-kraft, -krahft] / ˈsteɪtˌkræft, -ˌkrɑft /
NOUN
diplomacy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
negotiation
STRONG
artfulness craft delicacy discretion expedience finesse poise politics savoir-faire skill subtlety
WEAK
delicatesse
Antonyms
WEAK
bad manners impoliteness rudeness
NOUN
government
Synonyms
STRONGEST
authority law ministry politics power regime rule state union
STRONG
Washington bureaucracy command control direction domination dominion empire execution executive governance guidance influence jurisdiction patronage polity predominance presidency regency regimentation regulation restraint sovereignty superintendence superiority supervision supremacy sway
WEAK
Uncle Sam political practice powers that be the feds
Antonyms
STRONG
inferiority opposition powerlessness submission subservience weakness
WEAK
anarchy chaos coup insurrection lawlessness mutiny revolt revolution
NOUN
politics
Synonyms
STRONGEST
campaigning government
STRONG
backroom civics electioneering jungle legislature polity zoo
WEAK
affairs of state domestic affairs foreign affairs government policy hat in the ring internal affairs matters of state political science smoke-filled room stateship

Example Sentences

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But the country sits in a better position than its neighbours, after years of statecraft that have prepared it for a global energy crisis.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Piling up resentments around the world is one heck of a form of statecraft.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

Adept at balancing ideological loyalty with pragmatic statecraft, Larijani will not attend the talks, but is central to Tehran's nuclear policy and strategic diplomacy.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

We rightly fear nuclear proliferation, and yet “amazing grace and good fortune,” and admirable postwar statecraft, “actually bent the arc of history.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

According to Cicero, he was executed some years later when an asp was slipped into his hammock—his end providing a fitting case history for another book on statecraft.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro