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Definition of Machiavelian

Machiavelian
Machiavelian Mach`i*a*vel"ian, a. [From Machiavel, an Italian writer, secretary and historiographer to the republic of Florence.] Of or pertaining to Machiavel, or to his supposed principles; politically cunning; characterized by duplicity or bad faith; crafty.
Machiavelian
Machiavelian Mach`i*a*vel"ian, n. One who adopts the principles of Machiavel; a cunning and unprincipled politician.

Meaning of Machiavelian from wikipedia

- Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was a Florentine diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Italian...
- translation Select Fables, London 1754, p. 262. "The Microscopic Trout and the Machiavelian Fisherman", Fables for the Frivolous (1898) Examples in the collection...
- "pathetic" attempts of the Whigs to take down the Tory party. "Some of your Machiavelian crew From heavy roof of Paul Most traitorously stole every ****, To...
- Romania, Bulgaria, and Greece, alongside Sakis Tollis (Rotting Christ), Machiavelian God, then Paradise Lost (in Greece). Peter "Invoker" Miliadis (vocals)(b****...