单词 | statesmanship |
释义 | statesmanshipn. The work or art of a statesman; skilful management of public affairs. Also: statesmen collectively. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > [noun] > political skill or statecraft policya1500 polity1562 statecraft1642 statesmanship1764 police1766 statesmancraft1826 stateswomanship1841 1764 C. Churchill Candidate 14 We saw Thee nimbly vault..Into the seat of pow'r, at one bold leap, A perfect Connoisseur in Statemanship. 1798 Monthly Rev. July 247 Macchiavelli, the genius or dæmon of statesmanship. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. ix. 417 The whole history of ancient and of modern times records no other such triumph of statesmanship. 1864 Boston (Mass.) Commonw. 27 May We have had neither statesmanship in the White house nor captaincy in the head quarters of the army. 1883 Harper's Mag. July 311/1 His wise and far-reaching statesmanship. 1905 Ld. E. Fitzmaurice Life Ld. Granville I. xiv. 402 British Statesmanship had lost all reliance on the good intentions of the French Emperor. 1960 Guardian 23 Aug. 7/6 He did hear nine members of the Council praise his statesmanship. 2004 Foreign Affairs Mar. 14/1 This trend [of ‘dictatorship of law’] and the lackluster statesmanship and corruption that have attended it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1764 |
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