Machiavellian
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English
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Etymology
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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Adjective
Machiavellian
- Cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous.
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Translations
- Finnish: machiavelliläinen
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