How to pronounce“machiavellian”in English
IPA/ˌmɑk.i.əˈvɛl.i.ən/
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adjective
Attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods, especially in politics.
“Iago is the Machiavellian antagonist in William Shakespeare's play Othello.”
adjective
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."”
noun
An unscrupulous schemer.