Meanings
plural statecrafts · alternative statescraft
- countableuncountableSynonym of statesmanship (“the ability to guide a state well”).
More than just a corporate juggernaut, Nvidia also has become an instrument of statecraft, operating at the nexus of advanced technology, diplomacy, and geopolitics.
2025 December 11, Charlie Campbell, Andrew R. Chow and Billy Perrigo, “The Architects of AI Are TIME’s 2025 Person of the Year”, in Time, archived from the original on 11 Dec 20251 more example
The conduct of the meeting and the passing of intelligence is simply amateurish statecraft and intelligence tradecraft, and begs the question: Who are the professionals planning the strategy and operations that direct the President on the world stage?
2017 May 16, Mark Hertling, “Trump had the right to do it, but should he have?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2017Synonyms: statesmanship
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of statesmanship (“the ability to guide a state well”).
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s
- Proto-Italic*status
- Latinstatu
- Old Frenchestat
- Middle Englishstat
- Englishstate
- Proto-Germanic*krafjaną
- Proto-Germanic*kraftuz
- Proto-West Germanic*kraftu
- Old Englishcræft
- Englishstatecraft
Cite this entry
statecraft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statecraft
“statecraft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statecraft. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “statecraft,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statecraft.
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