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machiavellian

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

Mach=i=a=vel=li=an

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun machiavellian has 1 sense

machiavellian(n = noun.person) - a follower of Machiavelli's principles;

is a kind of

follower

Adjective machiavellian has 1 sense

machiavellian(a = adj.pert) - of or relating to Machiavelli or the principles of conduct he recommended; "Machiavellian thinking"

Derived form noun

machiavelli₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

machiavellian, a. [From Machiavel (also called Machiavelli), an Italian writer, secretary and historiographer to the republic of Florence.].

Of or pertaining to Machiavelli, or to his supposed principles for conduct of government, as enunciated in his tract The Prince; politically cunning; characterized by duplicity, political expediency, unscrupulous cunning, or bad faith; crafty. [1913 Webster]

machiavellian, n.

One who adopts the principles of Machiavelli; a cunning and unprincipled politician. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

machiavellian, adj. elaborately cunning; scheming, unscrupulous.

Derivative

machiavellianism n.

Etymology

N. dei Machiavelli, Florentine statesman and political writer d. 1527, who advocated resort to morally questionable methods in the interests of the State

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THESAURUS

machiavellian

Artful Dodger, Byzantine, Casanova, Don Juan, Machiavel, Machiavelli, Machiavellianist, Machiavellic, actor, acute, ambidextrous, arch, artful, astute, bamboozler, befuddler, beguiler, behind-the-scenes operator, cagey, calculating, canny, charmer, clever, coconspirator, collusive, connivent, conniver, conniving, conspirator, conspirer, conspiring, contriving, counterfeiter, counterplotter, crafty, crooked, cunning, cute, deceitful, deceiver, deep, deep-laid, deluder, designing, diplomat, diplomatic, diplomatist, dishonest, dissembler, dissimulator, dodger, double, double-dealer, double-dealing, double-faced, double-minded, double-tongued, doublehearted, duper, duplicitous, eminence grise, enchanter, entrancer, exploiter, faithless, faker, false, false-principled, falsehearted, feline, finagler, fooler, forger, foxy, gamesman, gay deceiver, gray eminence, guileful, hoaxer, hypnotizer, influence peddler, ingenious, insidious, intrigant, intriguer, intriguing, inventive, jilt, jilter, joker, jokester, kidder, kingmaker, knowing, leg-puller, logroller, machinator, maneuverer, mesmerizer, misleader, operator, opportunist, pawky, perfidious, plagiarist, plagiarizer, playactor, plotter, plotting, politic, political realist, politician, pork-barrel politician, power broker, practical joker, ragger, ready, resourceful, role-player, schemer, scheming, seducer, serpentine, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, smooth, snaky, sneaky, sophistical, spoofer, stealthy, stratagemical, strategic, strategist, subtile, subtle, supple, tactical, tease, teaser, treacherous, trickish, tricksy, tricky, two-faced, up to, vulpine, wary, wheeler-dealer, wily, wire-puller