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machiavellian

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13 lettersPronunciation /ˌmæk.i.əˈvɛl.i.ən/Sorted aaacehiillmnvStarts with MEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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  1. Attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods, especially in politics.

Word origin

From Machiavelli + -an, from the name of the Italian statesman and writer Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527), whose work The Prince (1532) advises that acquiring and exercising power may require unethical methods.

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  • Iago is the Machiavellian antagonist in William Shakespeare's play Othello.
  • The most common reason cited is a Machiavellian one: Police view perjury as a necessary means to achieve the ends of justice.
  • These are the actions of a club flailing around to make things work, not the 4D chess moves of some Machiavellian puppet master.

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