demarche
pronunciation
How to pronounce demarche in British English:
UK [deɪ'mɑ:ʃ]
How to pronounce demarche in American English:
US [deɪ'mɑʃ]
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- Noun:
- a move or step or maneuver in political or diplomatic affairs
Word Origin
- demarche (n.)
- 1650s, "walk, step," from French démarche (15c.) literally "gait, walk, bearing," from démarcher (12c.) "to march," from de- (see de-) + marcher (see march (v.)). Meaning "a diplomatic step" attested from 1670s. A word never quite anglicized.
Example
- 1. Hitler 's attack on russia , shortly after his pact with stalin , was a stunning demarche .
- 2. They believed , probably correctly , that china was determined to conduct the test and that any preventive demarche would uselessly ruffle bilateral relations and perhaps reveal something about u. s.intelligence capabilities .
- 3. " The demarche asks the arrest and hand-over of those persons who are settled in pakistan and who are fugitives of indian law , " mukherjee said .