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Machiavellian

UK /ˌmæk.i.əˈvɛl.i.ən/US /ˌmɑk.i.əˈvɛl.i.ən/

adjective 2
noun 1
forms 5

adjective2

•
Attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods, especially in politics.
- Iago is the Machiavellian antagonist in William Shakespeare's play Othello.
•
Related to the philosophical system of Niccolò Machiavelli.
- As Dr. Spalding notes, the connection that Washington drew "between private morality and national character, between virtue and happiness, hardly seems Machiavellian." — 2006

noun1

An unscrupulous schemer.

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