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US
/deɪˈtɑnt/
]
NOUN
- the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations)
How To Use detente In A Sentence
- This cultural detente is the latest move in a warming trend exemplified by the successful joint hosting of the 2002 soccer World Cup.
- While he concludes with a proposal for detente, his own account shows that these disputes are likely to be as intractable as they are longstanding.
- And the process by which federalism emerges here does not seem nearly as important as the power dynamic that results: Once the protection agencies have arrived at a mechanism for detente or dispute resolution or whatever we care to call it, why should we not expect this same mechanism to serve to permit them to exercise monopoly power as a cartel, whether or not the agencies remain nominally distinct? Understanding Nozick Perfectly Well, Thank You
- The detente coincided with the magnificent spring offensive possiblY the military high point of the national liberation struggle.
- They are nostalgic for the good old days of detente - superpower summits, arms control, and discussions about balancing American and Russian power in regional conflicts.
- We can't possibly believe the myth of " detente " now.
- Dog/cat detente is still on the level of demilitarized zones, alas. I need a woman with eyes like rodin, see the body caught within the stone
- After that Ostpolitik became fully integrated into the general process of superpower détente and East-West disarmament negotiations which had slowly begun in the course of 1970.
- While we remained on the defensive or engaged in detente with the communists during the Cold War, the enemy continued to war against us indefinitely. Balkinization
- During this time, some of the religions competed (and combated) with each other to win followers, but at some point it seems a detente of sorts was achieved, creating a relatively steady state. Leadership