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détente
[ dey-tahnt; French dey-tahnt ]
noun
- a relaxing of tension, especially between nations, as by negotiations or agreements.
détente
/ deɪˈtɑːnt; detɑ̃t /
noun
- the relaxing or easing of tension, esp between nations
détente
- A period of lessening tension between two major national powers, or a policy designed to lessen that tension. Détente presupposes that the two powers will continue to disagree but seeks to reduce the occasions of conflict.
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of détente1
Example Sentences
His astute detente diplomacy with the Soviet Union, trying to make the world a safer place, gets high marks.
By 1963, he had survived the Cuban Missile Crisis and was steering the superpowers towards detente.
The goal of the book is to "achieve detente" with your body.
If Obama's strategy is to dial back the blue/red civil war to a detente, Franken's is to escalate it to World War III.
The Ambassador quite appreciated that the purpose of the mission was to create a detente, as distinguished from an entente.
I'm glad she's not in Italy; it makes for relaxation—for a sort of moral detente.
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