Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

charm offensive

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English

Syllables: char-m of-fen-sive
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A campaign of deliberately using charm and flattery in order to achieve some goal, especially in a political or diplomatic field.

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

charm offensives (plural)

Questions

What does charm offensive mean?: A campaign of deliberately using charm and flattery in order to achieve some goal, especially in a political or diplomatic field.

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