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foreign policy

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A government's policy relating to relations with other nations and international organisations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Used retrospectively, the sum of a leader or government's dealings and relations with other nations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Bismarck's foreign policy.

Meaning relationships

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3

noun

Meaning 3

a policy governing international relations

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: policy

Narrower terms: brinkmanship, imperialism, intervention, interference, nonintervention, noninterference, nonaggression, isolationism, Monroe Doctrine, Truman doctrine, neutralism, regionalism, trade policy, national trading policy

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سياسة خارجية — government's policy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 外交政策 (wàijiāo zhèngcè) — government's policy
  • Danish: udenrigspolitik — government's policy
  • Dutch: buitenlands beleid — government's policy
  • Finnish: ulkopolitiikka — government's policy
  • French: politique extérieure — government's policy
  • Galician: política exterior — government's policy
  • Georgian: საგარეო პოლიტიკა (sagareo ṗoliṭiḳa) — government's policy
  • German: Außenpolitik — government's policy
  • Hungarian: külpolitika1 — government's policy
  • Indonesian: kebijakan luar negeri — government's policy
  • Indonesian: politik luar negeri — government's policy
  • Irish: polasaí eachtrach — government's policy
  • Italian: politica estera — government's policy
  • Japanese: 外交 (gaikō) — government's policy
  • Korean: 외교 (oegyo) — government's policy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utenrikspolitikk — government's policy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: utanrikspolitikk — government's policy
  • Polish: polityka zewnętrzna — government's policy
  • Polish: polityka zagraniczna — government's policy
  • Portuguese: política estrangeira — government's policy
  • Romanian: politică externă — government's policy
  • Russian: вне́шняя поли́тика (vnéšnjaja polítika) — government's policy
  • Spanish: política exterior — government's policy
  • Swahili: sera ya kigeni — government's policy
  • Swedish: utrikespolitik — government's policy
  • Tamil: வெளியுறவுக்கொள்கை (veḷiyuṟavukkoḷkai) — government's policy
  • Turkish: dış politika — government's policy
  • Turkish: dış siyaset — government's policy
  • Ukrainian: зо́внішня полі́тика (zóvnišnja polítyka) — government's policy
  • Arabic: سياسة خارجية — sum of a government's dealings
  • Chinese Mandarin: 外交政策 (wàijiāo zhèngcè) — sum of a government's dealings
  • Danish: udenrigspolitik — sum of a government's dealings
  • Finnish: ulkopolitiikka — sum of a government's dealings
  • Russian: вне́шняя поли́тика (vnéšnjaja polítika) — sum of a government's dealings
  • Tamil: வெளியுறவுக்கொள்கை (veḷiyuṟavukkoḷkai) — sum of a government's dealings