Machiavellian
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From the name of the Italian statesman and writer Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), whose work The Prince (1532) advises that acquiring and exercising power may require unethical methods.
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- (UK) IPA: /ˌmɒk.i.əˈvɛl.i.ən/, /ˌmæk.jəˈvɛl.i.ən/
- (US) IPA: /ˌmɑk.i.əˈvɛl.i.ən/, /ˌmæk.jəˈvɛl.i.ən/
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[edit] Adjective
Machiavellian (comparative more Machiavellian, superlative most Machiavellian)
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- Attempting to achieve their goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods.
- Related to the philosophical system of Niccolò Machiavelli.
- 2006, Mark Vernon, Philosophy and Life, "Plato or Machiavelli",
- It is Machiavellian, in the sense that it revolves around the question of how to maintain power.
- 2006, Mark Vernon, Philosophy and Life, "Plato or Machiavelli",
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