gunboat diplomacy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
14
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The pursuit of foreign policy objectives with the aid of conspicuous displays of military power.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The British and French, who had sought to make policy by reviving 19th century gunboat diplomacy, had temporarily lost their credentials for world statesmanship."
- "China has ratcheted up its standard gunboat diplomacy—the repeated warnings that it would use force if necessary to unite the island and mainland—more than a month before Taiwanese voters go to the polls."