Definitions for Machiavellian

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Machiavellian Mach·i·a·vel·li·an

Spelling: [mak-ee-uh-vel-ee-uh n]

IPA: /ˌmæk i əˈvɛl i ən/

Machiavellian is a 13 letter English word.

You can make 716 anagrams from letters in Machiavellian (aaacehiillmnv).

Definitions for Machiavellian

adjective

1. of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
2. being or acting in accordance with the principles of government analyzed in Machiavelli's The Prince, in which political expediency is placed above morality and the use of craft and deceit to maintain the authority and carry out the policies of a ruler is described.
3. characterized by subtle or unscrupulous cunning, deception, expediency, or dishonesty:

noun

1. a follower of the principles analyzed or described in The Prince, especially with reference to techniques of political manipulation.

Origin of Machiavellian

First recorded in 1560-70; Machiavelli + -an

Examples for Machiavellian

The operations of war were directed by the same Machiavellian maxims.

“George is not a Machiavellian self-interested monster,” Ashton said calmly on the last day of rebuttal.

She is popular within the Democratic caucus, and there is no apparent Machiavellian maneuvering to unseat her.

The senator, a college gridiron star, has a coldly Machiavellian widow.

But this Machiavellian prince was the genuine son of St Louis.

El Comandante used his Machiavellian bag of tricks to fuel a spoils system and political juggernaut that Venezuelans worshiped.

Quite Stendhalian this, Machiavellian, and also time-serving.

The doctor's mind pursued its own schemes with Machiavellian subtlety.

From Tribal Council to taxes to Trump, trouble seems to follow the Machiavellian reality-TV competitor.

Yet this was but a shallow artifice, unworthy of my Machiavellian aunt.