Machiavellian Definition

măkē-ə-vĕlē-ən
adjective
Of Machiavelli.
Webster's New World
Suggestive of or characterized by expediency, deceit, and cunning.
American Heritage
Of, like, or characterized by the political principles and methods of expediency, craftiness, and duplicity set forth in Machiavelli's book, The Prince; crafty, deceitful, etc.
Webster's New World
Alternative form of Machiavellian.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun
A follower of such principles and methods.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Machiavellian

Noun

Singular:
Machiavellian
Plural:
machiavellians

Machiavellian Sentence Examples

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

  • To say that the government deliberately adopted the Machiavellian policy of mastering the revolution by setting race against race would be to pay too high a compliment to its capacity.

  • My Machiavellian mind makes me think that someone could create merry hell with this.

  • The international position of the Ottoman empire was strengthened by the able, if Machiavellian, statecraft of the sultan; while the danger of disruption from within was lessened by the more effective central control made possible by railways, telegraphs, and the other mechanical improvements borrowed from western civilization.

  • But before referring to this last proof of the Machiavellian skill of the great Corsican in dealing with plots, it is needful to notice the events which brought him into collision with the British nation.

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