Meaning & use

demarche

noun·Academic

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A formal diplomatic step, protest, or representation made by one government to another.

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The ambassador delivered a formal demarche protesting the border incursion.

Diplomats issued a joint demarche urging an immediate ceasefire.

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Borrowed from French 'démarche' (a step or move); a standard term in diplomatic and international relations vocabulary.

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