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statecraft

American  
[steyt-kraft, -krahft] / ˈsteɪtˌkræft, -ˌkrɑft /

noun

  1. the art of government and diplomacy.

statecraft British  
/ ˈsteɪtˌkrɑːft /

noun

  1. the art of conducting public affairs; statesmanship

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Etymology

Origin of statecraft

First recorded in 1635–45; state + craft

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Commodus, now a teenager, had shown he had none of his father’s nature; he so preferred athletics to statecraft that some believed he’d been sired by a gladiator.

From The Wall Street Journal

It sounds like something out of a Trollope novel—a well-behaved boy lapping up statecraft over dinner.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

The commission recommends creating an “economic statecraft” entity and strengthening the biotech pharma supply chain.

From Barron's

The commission recommends creating an “economic statecraft” entity and strengthening the biotech pharma supply chain.

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