diplomaticness

Meanings

noundiplomaticness (uncountable)

rareuncountableThe quality of being diplomatic.
“You do whatever you want,” Dad said. “What do I care? No diplomaticness, no respect, these young people today.”
1998, Avatar Prabhu, “The Tao of Power”, in The Revised Kama Sutra: A Novel, Fairfield, Ia.: Sunstar Publishing, →ISBN, part IV (Moksha, or The Salvation Express), page 280
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Ana[logous]. Diplomaticness or diplomacy, politicness or policy, suavity, urbanity (see corresponding adjectives at suave): *courtesy, amenity, gallantry.
[1942, “tact”, in Webster’s Dictionary of Synonyms: A Dictionary of Discriminated Synonyms with Antonyms and Analogous and Contrasted Words, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam Co., →OCLC, page 820, column 1
As regards 'pragmatism', this is understood as the practical direction of behaviour to suit situations. To be able to exercise pragmatism, one has to be analytic of the situation. It is, therefore, difficult to distinguish between it and 'diplomacy' or 'diplomaticness'.
1983 October, Ifechukude B. Mmobuosi, “The personal characteristics dimension”, in The Problems of the Re-entrant in the Transfer of Learning to Public Service Organizations in Nigeria, Glasgow: University of Glasgow, →OCLC, chapter 8 (Analysis and discussion of the protocols), page 286
I think it's possible for a game to construct some sort of a psychological profile, though, as I mentioned in a previous message: have an initial set of challenges that build your psychological score based on how you react. If you try to kill if possible, pump up the aggressiveness. If you try to talk your way out, increase the "diplomaticness" score. And so forth.
1998 March 25, jem...@geocities.com, “Self-creating games”, in rec.games.design (Usenet), archived from the original on 23 Apr 2025
As observed by Post (1986) and Szymanek (2010), the suffix -ness in English and its equivalent -ość in Polish can both be used to derive abstract adjectives from QAs [qualitative adjectives], and not from RAs [relational adjectives]. (15) a. Polish: *dyplomatyczność protokołu a.’ English: *diplomaticness of the protocol
[2014, Bożena Cetnarowska, “To Maximize Polysemy or Homonymy? On Analysing Denominal Adjectives in Polish and English”, in Grzegorz Drożdż, Andrzej Łyda, editors, Extension and Its Limits, Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, part I (Between Lexicon and Grammar), pages 66–67
Ha I wouldn't be able to even fake diplomaticness, it's gonna have to be Murph. But if I were a candidate, the platform would be simple: car-free Valencia.
2014 August 13, Scott Crosby, “ot: new job for crosby?”, in SF2G (Google Groups), archived from the original on 23 Apr 2025
Synonyms: diplomacy, diplomaticity