Machiavellian

machiavellian English 2008 June 16 Alternative forms en machiavellian Etymology From en 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. Pronunciation en /ˌmæk.i.əˈvɛl.i.ən/ /ˌmæk.jəˈvɛl.i.ən/ UK en /ˌmɑk.i.əˈvɛl.i.ən/ /ˌmæk.jəˈvɛl.i.ən/ US en en-us-Machiavellian.ogg US, en en-us-Machiavellian-2.ogg US en en-au-Machiavellian.ogg AU en ɛliən 5 Adjective Attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods, especially in politics. en Iago is the Machiavellian antagonist in William Shakespeare's play Othello. en 1999 January Criminal Justice Ethics 18 Larry Cunningham 10.1080/0731129X.1999.9992064 26–40 Taking on Testilying The most common reason cited is a Machiavellian one: Police view perjury as a necessary means to achieve the ends of justice. en https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/05/sports/soccer/lionel-messi-barcelona.html These are the actions of a club flailing around to make things work, not the 4D chess moves of some Machiavellian puppet master. Messi’s Departure Is a Mess Everyone Could See Coming 2021-08-05 w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20230804033730/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/05/sports/soccer/lionel-messi-barcelona.html 4 August 2023 Related to the philosophical system of Niccolò Machiavelli. en 2006 Paul Rahe Machiavelli's Liberal Republican Legacy As Dr. Spalding notes, the connection that Washington drew "between private morality and national character, between virtue and happiness, hardly seems Machiavellian." Synonyms en Machiavellic en Machiavellistic Derived terms en Machiavellianly Machiavellianism Machiavellism Merkelvellian Translations attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods Arabic: ar مَكْيافِلِّيّ makyavilliyy Armenian: hy մաքիավելյան Bulgarian: bg лукав Catalan: ca maquiavèl·lic Danish: da machiavellistisk Esperanto: eo makiavela Finnish: fi machiavellimainen, fi machiavellilainen, fi häikäilemätön French: fr machiavélique German: de machiavellistisch Greek: el μακιαβελικός Italian: it machiavellico Portuguese: pt maquiavélico Romanian: ro machiavelic Russian: ru макиавеллистический Spanish: es maquiavélico Swedish: sv machiavellisk related to the philosophical system of Niccolò Machiavelli Armenian: hy մաքիավելյան Bulgarian: bg макиаве́лски Danish: da machiavellistisk Finnish: fi machiavellilainen French: fr machiavélien Greek: el μακιαβελικός Italian: it machiavelliano Portuguese: pt maquiaveliano Russian: ru макиавеллистический Spanish: es maquiavélico Macedonian: mk макијавелистички Noun An unscrupulous schemer. Synonyms en Machiavellianist en Machiavellist en Machiavel informal, archaic en eponyms