Meanings
nouncharm offensive (plural charm offensives)
plural charm offensives
- idiomaticA campaign of deliberately using charm and flattery in order to achieve some goal, especially in a political or diplomatic field.
Putin’s speech was a culmination of the Kremlin’s two-day charm offensive with China, aimed at cementing ties between the two countries amid Russia’s growing isolation from the west.
2023 March 21, Pjotr Sauer, “Putin’s two-day charm offensive with Xi underlines who’s boss”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 魅力攻勢 /魅力攻势
- 魅力攻勢 /魅力攻势 (mèilì gōngshì)campaign of deliberately using charm and flattery
Dutch charmeoffensief
- charmeoffensiefcampaign of deliberately using charm and flattery
Finnish hymykampanja
- hymykampanjacampaign of deliberately using charm and flattery
French offensive de charme
- offensive de charmecampaign of deliberately using charm and flattery
German Charmeoffensive
- Charmeoffensivecampaign of deliberately using charm and flattery
Spanish ofensiva de seducción
- ofensiva de seduccióncampaign of deliberately using charm and flattery
Swedish charmoffensiv
- charmoffensivcampaign of deliberately using charm and flattery
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APA
charm offensive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/charm%20offensive
MLA
“charm offensive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/charm%20offensive. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “charm offensive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/charm%20offensive.
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